{"product_id":"fishwife-with-a-knife-2025","title":"Fishwife with a Knife - 2025","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreated in collaboration with Bronagh Conroy. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWrought Iron stand made by Kieran Kearney.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFishwife (noun):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea woman who sells fish (archaic). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea coarse-mannered, unpleasant woman who is prone to shouting (derogatory).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMolly Malone - legendary 17th century streethawker, fishmonger, rumoured prostitute, the Tart with the Cart, Dublin’s favourite working woman - has had enough. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the last decade or so, a disconcerting “tradition” has become popular among visitors to Dublin to rub Molly’s boobs for good luck. So much so, that her boobs are visibly more polished than the rest of her. They glow golden on an otherwise dull bronze statue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis “tradition” has sparked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emany \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elocal think pieces and protests, which all ask basically the same question: What’s with the disconcerting amount of people who feel an urge to grab every pair of tits they see? This hardly has anything to do with how we generally view female bodies in public spaces? It’s probably not related to how gender-based sexual violence is often brushed off as a joke and “not that deep”? Huh. Haaaaaaaaardly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur Molly is a modern reimagining of the archetypal working Dublin woman, a surreal tongue-in-cheek piece that asks - well, what would \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e do if subjected to such casual groping? We’ve simply given the fishwife her fishknife and left the rest implied. Rather than highlighting her victimhood, we have given her agency to deal with any wandering hands herself. According to the song, “No-one could save her”, but maybe Molly doesn’t need saving. Maybe she is well-able to sort herself out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCalm, vicious, irreverent, our Molly asks what kind of violence we find acceptable. At what point protest needs to become physical, when voices aren’t heard. She is an ode to all the weapons of women we know. To being fiercely protective of one’s space, body and city. To being prone to shouting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimentions 72cm diameter, 1.7m high\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently residing in West Cork with Bronagh. Email to arrange delivery options.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WildBird Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367927312731,"sku":null,"price":7000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0007\/3318\/4051\/files\/molly.jpg?v=1770914714","url":"https:\/\/wildbirdstudio.ie\/products\/fishwife-with-a-knife-2025","provider":"WildBird Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}