Many of us believe we will find like-minded kindred spirits when we enter college. We are told we will find a newer, more diverse set of people to bond with over the course of four years with similar niche interests …
Sex & Relationships
Finding a home for consent in Trinity: interview with Sexual Consent Intern Aoife Grimes
“It’s important to note that all colleges in Ireland and across the world have a problem with sexual violence and Trinity is no exception”
This article contains topics of consent and sexual assault.
In March 2019, the Students’ Union (SU) voted to introduce an intern for sexual consent education and development to Trinity. Speaking to Trinity News over Zoom, Aoife Grimes, the current sexual …
Life after sexual assault
Relearning to love oneself after trauma is scary, but it doesn’t have to be done alone
This article contains discussion of sexual assault.
It was over a year after my assault that I finally had sex again. At first, it didn’t matter that I was in a loving relationship full of trust and goodness, both of …
Socially distant dates can be more than an awkward walk
Eva O’Beirne highlights sea swimming as one way to break free of virtual dating
It’s been six months since Ireland went into lockdown, and for a lot of us, so did our love lives. The rules of dating became increasingly blurred as we spent more time apart from our crushes and partners. We got …
Ireland’s Sex Education is failing its students at every turn
Eva O’Beirne examines Ireland’s failing sex education system and the ramifications of sexual ignorance
When it comes to sex education, I have always taken any advice given to me with a pinch of salt. A built-in skepticism, or perhaps even a hereditary form of Catholic guilt, has continuously plagued me whenever I had a …
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 …
Carrie Bradshaw is not the feminist icon we want her to be
Rewatching Sex and the City in a modern feminist context reveals a lackluster approach to sexual health
The escapism of a fictional world can be dangerous. One can start to believe that buying full-priced Manolo and Fendi products can be a weekly occurrence. Pretending that you can live like or even be a certain character gives your …
The hot-take from Trinity’s new condom dispenser
TN interviews some the lucky first users of the SU’s latest investment in student health
It’s finally happened, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Trinity College Dublin’s SU has followed the footsteps of literally every other university in the 21st century and installed a free condom dispenser for its students. The excitement is palpable.…
Unpacking the code of Grindr
Henry Petrillo explores the sub-culture of the gay hook-up app
Grindr has broken into the mainstream after spending its formative years as an exclusively gay point of reference. Awareness of Grindr’s existence has risen outside of the gay and parts of the trans community, although the sub-culture that has developed …
Maintaining relationships online
Small ways you can keep in touch during self isolation
The current circumstances have created challenges for everyone. Friendships, as well as romantic relationships, have been strained by a lack of physical communication. However, using self-isolation as a chance to let relationships grow and develop under extraordinary circumstances offers a …