So you have been living your best life in college: enjoying your freedom and your anonymity. You are not the new you, you’re just you. College can be a wonderful place where you are able to be your unapologetic self. …
Sex & Relationships
The Mystery of the Female Orgasm
Kerry O’Sullivan discusses the ignorance around female sexual experience
“Did you finish?” Too many of us have been asked this question and answered with a lie. And what for? For the fear of offending your partner? Because you just knew it wasn’t going to happen and you needed a …
Should we even count?
Saoirse Joy unpacks the stigma of one’s sexual body count, and whether it should matter at all
I make no secret of the fact that I love sex. It’s something that, as a single college student in her early twenties, I enjoy immensely, especially after a brief quarantine induced hiatus, and something that I don’t feel ashamed …
How to Tinder: the trials and tribulations
Five tips on how to ace the Tinder game and actually find what you’re looking for
How to Tinder, you may ask? To begin with, you should stop hiding the app in an inconspicuous folder on your phone that no one else will find. Look, I get it. I get the download shame and the thinly-veiled …
How To Have Sex Online
Eva O’Beirne discusses how to have safe, virtual sex during lockdown
On 3 August 2020, the Health Service Executive (HSE), along with the Irish Pharmacy Union, launched a Covid-19 advice campaign that dealt with the subject of sexual activity. At first, I didn’t think much of the cringe-worthy statements “consider masturbation …
A student’s guide to sex toys – Interview with Sex Siopa owner Shawna Scott
A lockdown on your social life does not mean a lockdown on pleasure
Covid-19 has changed the way we have sex. Some of us are single, some of us are separated from our partners. A lot of us don’t know when we will have our next sexual encounter. Amid Level 3 lockdowns and …
Socially distanced dates : Level 5 edition
How to make the most of your love life in the middle of a national lockdown
The time has come where the unthinkable, yet inevitable, has happened once again. With the country once more in a 6 week lockdown, it’s time to get creative with keeping romance alive. Whether it’s a first date or you live …
Sunday longread: Let’s talk about our sexual health
Eva O’Beirne interviews Dr Caroline West on the stigma surrounding women’s sexual health in Ireland
It is estimated that 3 out of 4 women will experience thrush in their lifetime. Around two thirds will get a urinary tract infection (UTI) and one third will have a form of bacterial vaginosis. With such high incidences rates, …
“Protection within legislation”: interview with Revenge Porn Activist Megan Sims
With revenge porn finally becoming illegal in Ireland, how safe will we really be?
In a world where most sexual encounters will be online for the foreseeable future, consent and revenge porn have become more topical than ever. With new HSE guidelines being vague at best and dangerous to sex workers at worst, Megan …
Friendship doesn’t have a CAO code
Do we really meet our true friends in college?
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 …