Being on Erasmus in Germany and having the chance to go to Berlin, I knew the club scene was an absolute must. Plagued with secrecy and sensuality, Berlin’s club scene is revered for its uniqueness through Europe. Though not as …
Sex & Relationships
Relationship transparency with your friends
Isabella Hanlon considers how much our friends should know about our partners
In a world of situationships, one-night stands, and terrible Hinge dates, our friends often become the most constant and enduring relationships in our lives. It’s natural that when a relationship is developing romantically, we turn to friends for advice and …
Keep Your Kingdoms and Kisses to Yourself When Getting Over a Relationship
Charlie Hastings discusses bargaining and hidden grudges, and how unspoken resentment erodes relationships in the grief process
As the honeymoon phase entered its twilight in my last relationship, I remember her asking me if I was doing anything one night. I was not, and plans were made for me to go over to her place around eight …
Love in the Age of Screens: Blessing or Curse?
Raina Bosniac breaks down how on screen romance can shape our perception of it
Growing up, movies became my first guide to relationships. Like many, I looked to 90’s romance films for hints of what love could, or should, look like. When I think back about the films that I watched and rewatched, those …
Hidden Grudges: The Quiet Destruction of Relationships
Mia Craven navigates the quiet force of a grudge, and how it can be detrimental to relationships
There is a spectre that often haunts relationships. It lurks beneath the surface of the one you love, like a parasite hijacking their brain. It rewires their thoughts and redirects their affections and eventually turns on you. The scariest part …
Age gaps and relationships, social rules and Sally Rooney
Cat Grogan considers the interplay between age and power in the relationships of Intermezzo and what it is in relationships that really matters
Relationships are political. Although defined by love, relationships are, like politics, characterised by power plays and power struggles. As someone who is now very much on the older side of campus, I have been thinking a lot about the power …
Let’s talk porn
Tommie McHale discusses the implications of todays’ easy-to-access porn for younger generations
When I was ten years old, I was playing soccer with friends after school. We’d message each other on Facebook and meet in a park alongside the river that connected our housing estates together. One of the boys got a …
Chemsex amongst students
Kate Byrne considers how students are using drugs to enhance their sexual experiences
Chemsex refers to the use of one or more drugs, in any combination, to facilitate or enhance sexual activity. The most common drugs used during chemsex are Methamphetamine (Meth), Mephedrone (Meph) and GHB (G). Ketamine and cocaine, especially in Ireland, …
Denial is a river in relationships (Is it really over?)
Mia Craven navigates the first stage of grief and the hardships of confronting denial in relationships
I knew it was over because he told me so. He wrote me a letter while he was bedridden with a fever. “I cannot this relationship,” it read. I hoped the broken English of the English student signified that the …
What do women really want? On sex, desire, and performance
Cat Grogan considers Gillian Anderson’s new book Want and the space it creates for women’s sexual fantasies
What are women thinking about, but not talking about, when it comes to sexual desires? What is it that women really dream about? In her new book Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous, actress Gillian Anderson has set out to tell …