Winter can make us a little bit lazy when it comes to creative date ideas. In the summer, the perfect date can simply mean sitting outside in the sun with a cold drink or picnic, no planning involved. Whereas in …
Sex & Relationships
First love never dies
Maya Kulukundis explores the impact of one’s first sexual and romantic experiences
As a girl, Joan Didion was in love with John Wayne. She wanted him to carry her on horseback to the “bend in the river where the cottonwoods grow,” a line that she heard and took on from War of …
Right Or Wrong
Izzie Willis explores her relationship to sex and alcohol
Right or wrong, sex and alcohol seem to be intrinsically tied up with one another – for me, and for a lot of other people I know. It is obvious in a way, with the loosening of inhibitions being indiscriminate. …
On Platonic Intimacy
Ella Walsh discusses the subtle but burning importance of platonic intimacy in our everyday and romantic relationship
Last winter in Dublin, my housemates and I got the bright idea to save on our electricity bill by periodically shutting off our old, inefficient heaters. In the end, it made the house so cold that one of my friends …
Making a #MeToo for us all
Five years after the birth of the #MeToo movement, what has changed?
It has been almost five years since the #MeToo movement ushered in a reckoning on how we look at sexual assault and sexual misconduct. At the time, it felt like both the end of the world and the beginning of …
Gender exploration in the time of Covid
How a year of isolation has shaped queer teens’ perspectives on their gender
For queer youth, access to the internet during lockdown can be a blessing and a curse. We consistently open our phones to see another friend has re-introduced themselves into the world as their truest selves and, at a certain point, …
Getting Checked
A visit to the gynecologist, and reflections on sexual and reproductive healthcare
I am not registered with a GP.
Somewhere in the haze of school to bigger school to university, one city and one country to another, I never did the paperwork. I was aware, as one is aware of things like …
Let’s talk about sex (& chronic pain), baby
Olivia Carla Smith explores the impact of chronic pain on the relationships of young adults
“Not tonight, I’m sore” is a phrase all too familiar for people living with chronic pain. Anyone living with one of the many conditions that cause chronic pain knows how much it can impact on daily life, but the effect …
Intertwining intimacy, gender and sexuality
Experiences of being in an emotional, romantic, and sexual relationship are an important part of a trans person’s journey, writes Frank Wolfe
Around eight months ago, I got into a loving, romantic relationship. It was, and still is, exciting in all the usual ways, and has changed the way I feel about many different aspects of my life. But ask me to …
All the World’s A Stage – So listen to our stories
мария страшилова discusses her upcoming piece of verbatim theatre that explores domestic abuse and sexual violence in Bulgaria.
Writer: мария страшилова
When I came to Dublin, one thing really fascinated me about its theatre: all of the plays I saw were focused on current sociopolitical issues. I loved it because in Bulgaria, where I am from, theatre may …