Looking back, perhaps I shouldn’t have met the parents of my (now ex-) boyfriend of a month-and-a-half that early into ‘officialdom’. We had met through a pretentious university society, and I didn’t actually have anything in common with him. But he was supposed to be my first ‘proper relationship’, and I thought being introduced to…
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I was determined not to go out every Wednesday during my third year of university. I should have been aiming for the highest grade I could possibly get, not getting home at 3am with doner kebab leaking in my bag. But lo and behold, there were only two Wednesday nights throughout the year that I…
It’s an unnecessarily cold Saturday evening in March 2021 and I’m sitting on a bench on London’s Southbank. The condensation from my Sainsbury’s G&T can is dripping down my already freezing fingers while my Hinge date describes how he’s currently learning Spanish on Duolingo. It’s just like every other lockdown date I’ve been on for…
When someone asks me my worst period horror story, I think ‘sure, which one do you want to hear?’ Maybe the time I bled out so much I needed a blood transfusion, or the day I leaked all over my grandma’s staircase, making her house look like a crime scene. While these are honourable mentions,…
To me, sex is the least interesting thing in the world. Growing up, I could never understand why everyone was so obsessed with a basic reproductive activity.
Sex is everywhere in mainstream media. I grew up watching popular rom-coms like Friends and How I Met Your Mother, that both feature one major character (Joey and…
Have you ever found yourself biting your cheeks at the mention of your ex’s name? Does picturing your partner being intimate with someone who came before you heighten every insecurity, or make you green with envy? Do you find yourself resenting your partner for showing someone else that same care and attention, a feeling quickly…
It’s 2018, I had just moved away from home for university and it’s the fresher’s week finale. At the ripe old age of 18, I was yet to have my first kiss. Determined to finally leave my teacher’s pet, no-boys-allowed persona behind, I decided that tonight would be the night to finally kiss a boy. …