TW: Suicide, self-harm, substance abuse Dear Mum, I am writing this to you knowing you will never read this. I am writing to you because in our family all our feelings get locked away inside […]
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Taking off the rose-tinted glasses: What is ED recovery really like?
By Aaliyah Anjorin Recovery. Those eight letters encapsulate an array of emotions that are felt, then digested, and then left behind as people attempt to move forward with their lives. Currently, there are over 1.25 […]
Did you cum? How women are most affected from sex ed failures
Anonymous The terms woman/women and female are used in this article to discuss orgasms among people with vaginas. However, it is crucial to acknowledge that not all those with vaginas are women. The discussion around […]
Looking back at the Stonewall Riots
By Anna Staddon Despite, LGBTQ+ History Month coming to an end, it doesn’t mean we cannot commemorate one of the defining moments in the community’s fight for equality and recognition in the US, which continues […]
How Eckhart Tolle gave my mental health hope
By Andre La Barbera Tw/ suicide, depression, anxiety Although lockdown restrictions are supposedly coming to an end by June 21st, the mental health crisis that the UK finds itself in is far from over. How […]
Chasing success: Is being productive killing our identities?
By Abubakar Shabbir Placing productivity above all else is the roboticization of humanity. As a kid I played a videogame called Toontown. It was set in the world of Mickey Mouse. You would play as […]
Who needs a valentine when you’ve got a vibrator?
Anonymous I bought a new vibrator last week. It has 20 different settings from hard pulsating buzzes to long soothing symphonies. I told my friend how fun it was and he said “I would get […]
What being a virgin in my 20s is teaching me
“Virginity feels like this outdated idea that never had much meaning beyond misogyny, yet on the other hand I know in my gut that it still means something to me – if it didn’t, wouldn’t I have lost it by now?”
Limiting sexual health services now indicates the UK’s failure to prioritise women’s lives
By Izzy Bohn NOTE: I use the terms woman and women’s health, however, it is crucial to acknowledge that it is not only people who identify as women who access women’s health and reproductive services. […]
Business in the front, partisan in the back? Why fashion’s most contested hairstyle has made its return
By Tom Vaughan ‘History repeats itself’ is the phrase that springs to mind when thinking about one particular hairstyle — the mullet. Best known for its ‘business in the front, party in the back’ tagline, […]