“Did you finish?” Too many of us have been asked this question and answered with a lie. And what for? For the fear of offending your partner? Because you just knew it wasn’t going to happen and you needed a …
Kerry O'Sullivan is the sex and relationships editor of Trinity News 2020/21 and is a senior fresh student of middle eastern and european languages and cultures.
Should we even count?
Saoirse Joy unpacks the stigma of one’s sexual body count, and whether it should matter at all
I make no secret of the fact that I love sex. It’s something that, as a single college student in her early twenties, I enjoy immensely, especially after a brief quarantine induced hiatus, and something that I don’t feel ashamed …
How to Tinder: the trials and tribulations
Five tips on how to ace the Tinder game and actually find what you’re looking for
How to Tinder, you may ask? To begin with, you should stop hiding the app in an inconspicuous folder on your phone that no one else will find. Look, I get it. I get the download shame and the thinly-veiled …
Socially distanced dates : Level 5 edition
How to make the most of your love life in the middle of a national lockdown
The time has come where the unthinkable, yet inevitable, has happened once again. With the country once more in a 6 week lockdown, it’s time to get creative with keeping romance alive. Whether it’s a first date or you live …
Too Hot to Handle: self-distanced love
Managing your sex life during a pandemic is even harder than it seems
Much like every other bored and quarantined individual, I found myself reluctantly pressing play on Netflix’s new and much-hyped latest attempt at capturing the Love Island audience. I was skeptical, but the premise of Too Hot to Handle was eerily …
Airing Our Dirty Laundry – Worst Dates
From mayonnaise moustaches to playfully injuring your date, Kerry O’Sullivan reflect on her worst dates.
I’ve become a reluctant connoisseur of dates in recent times, having been through the mills of embarrassment, awkwardness and the rushed voice message to your groupchat when you go to the bathroom to “powder your nose”. I used to think …