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 …
Sex & Relationships
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 …
Airing our dirty laundry: Sexual awakenings
Mary-Kate O’Harte explores how we come to terms with our sexuality, or lack thereof, in a society full of mixed messages
“I want you to draw me like one of your French girls.”
The line has become a cliché, but to my 11 year old self, it marked a major turning point. I was watching Titanic with my mother. Although I …
Sex education, or the lack thereof
Surviving the sex ed curriculum in rural Ireland
*TRIGGER WARNING* Article contains references to sexual assault and rape
I think I was around 15 when a woman hired to give us ‘relationship and sex education’ politely informed a classroom full of students that if our parents weren’t married, …
Disability and sex: Love and friendship beneath the bell jar
Alison Traynor discusses the way in which mental illness can impact our personal lives
Few people examine interpersonal relationships in a more profound way than film director Paul Thomas Anderson. In his most recent feature, Phantom Thread, he explores the complexity of human interactions through his characterisation of the film’s protagonist, Reynolds Woodcock, an …
The challenges of accessibility for PrEP at Trinity
Henry Petrillo talks to TCDSU Welfare Officer Aisling Leen about the difficulties Trinity students face when attempting to access this life-saving drug
PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a relatively new medication that prevents its users from contracting HIV. It has become increasingly popular within the MSM (men who have sex with men) community, which includes gay, bisexual and trans men. The devastating …
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 …
Blind Dates: “His friends actually signed him up for the date”
Trinity News plays cupid, setting two students up on an intimate first date.
Zach Meade
What were you hoping for?
Something easy and fun, someone nice to talk to. I didn’t want a shirt and tie formal date
Have you seen them around campus before?
I’m gonna see her picture every day when …