Sex & Relationships

Despite sex being such a common pleasure for many, it isn’t always the most comfortable of topics to discuss openly. This is especially true if you grew up in Ireland, despite sex being a natural human impulse. From a young …

I hate online dating. I do not believe that there is anything more soul-crushing than swiping, swiping, swiping, becoming more and more dejected in your search to find The One. Or in some cases, company for the night. Conversations on …

Around this time last year, I broke up with my boyfriend of almost 2 years. I didn’t know it at the time, but we weren’t breaking up because we wanted to see other people. Rather, in my eyes, the relationship …

The leaves are falling, your new flatmates are still taking the bins out on time, and your tights don’t yet have ladders in them. This can only mean one thing: we are officially approaching Halloween. At this time of year, …

In the Greek language, there are seven different words for the concept of love. Something about that in itself is so poetic; there are so many ways to feel love that they couldn’t contain it in one word. 

In this …

Philia, according to Ria 

The word Philia (ϕιλία), like many other great concepts, comes from the Greeks. It is translated as the love that’s seen in friendship. Quite often in scholarly works philia is considered to be the highest form …

Freshers is one of the most important weeks in the social calendar of any student; every day of your Freshers experience feels like you’re meeting more people than would fill your home town. It can be daunting or exciting, or …

An orgasm is the moment during sexual activity when feelings of sexual pleasure are at their strongest. While we can put a dictionary definition on the term orgasm, an abundance of questions still remain: How does someone know when they’ve …

Q: I don’t know if there’s anything more between me and a friend, or if they just see me as a friend.

Ria: For me, not knowing whether or not something more exists is scary. I regret every situation …

Pleasure for people with vulvas is often misrepresented in the mainstream, leading us to internalise a lot of unhelpful lessons about our bodies. Most of us have to spend time unlearning those lessons, much to the detriment of our collective …