By Rebecca Cook The plastic waste amassed as a result of coronavirus this year proves the fight against plastic is one step forward, three steps backwards. During the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in […]
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Choke me daddy: Who really gets hurt by kink-shaming?
I’m just going to come out and say it, I’ve got a banging RACK. No, I’m not rambling on about my own set of knockers – I’m talking about Risk Aware Consensual Kinks. In this […]
Why Britain’s obsession with tanning is the definition of white privilege
By Georgia Balmer There is very little that brings the British together like a heatwave. Sweltering nights, a lack of universal air conditioning, and the smugness of reaching a higher temperature than the Mediterranean, can […]
Love sex? Love lube: Top tips for your very own WAP
Lube has been around for over a century; I am not kidding – the first non-sterile version of lube was on the shelves in 1904 but there has been written evidence which dates all the […]
Cottagecore: A queer movement turned mainstream
By Ellie Redpath These days, most people – or, at any rate, most online people – have heard of the cottagecore aesthetic, if at least only in passing. In case you haven’t come across the word before, […]
Paypigs: exploitation or just another kink?
By Olivia Stringer You’ve probably heard of Sugar Daddies; (usually) older men who pay beautiful younger womxn in cash and lavish gifts in exchange for their company and (often) in exchange for sex. You’ve probably jokingly tweeted about needing one to […]
5 things you should stop doing if you want to be happier
By @wearefeelgoodclub Feel Good Club share with us their five tips for being happier, through recognising and stopping negative behaviours and thoughts. 1. Comparing yourself to others Comparisons will never equal happiness, full stop. The […]
It’s time to make menstrual cups mainstream
I was 9 when I first saw an advert for menstrual cups. It was stuck to the back of the toilet door at my favourite local restaurant. A decade later, it’s still there. Although the tiles, the lock and the […]
In conversation with Naked Grapefruit: vibrators, orgasms and reclaiming selfish sex
Note While discussions of sex often link vaginas to womxnhood, we know this is not the case. ‘Female’ is not indicative of gender, and in this article is used to refer to anyone who owns […]
Locked Down: Relationships in the Age of COVID-19
By Bethany Roth *All names changed for anonymity * Lockdown certainly proved to be a momentous occasion in the lives of young couples up and down the UK. While some long-term couples used the excuse of being apart for the foreseeable future to […]