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Dating Apps And The Commodification Of Dating
How often can a moment of boredom turn into a lasting relationship? Or rather, how often have you opened a dating app in a moment of...
Claire Ducharme
Nov 24, 20244 min read


How To Get A Girl In 10 Months #1: Setting Out The Mission
I would be lying if I said that I haven’t fantasised about finding my one true love whilst on my year abroad, and I would be an even...
Georgina Haynes
Sep 2, 20243 min read


Taoist Sex Practices and Why the East Got It So Right
Before some great societal tragedies, namely capitalism, colonisation, and the patriarchy, ideas about sex were completely different. It...
Sara Filip
Dec 6, 20235 min read


Nothing Like the Sun #5 - On Food
Drawing by Talloula Liveras-Dionysiou Was it one cup? Or maybe a cup and a half? I don’t think I’ve ever truly known the measurements of...
Trisha Gupta
Nov 28, 20232 min read


Nothing like the Sun #4 - It’s a Sibling Thing
Drawing by Marine Pellissier There is an unsaid beauty in the backseat minivan glance shared between my brother and I when our parents...
Trisha Gupta
Nov 21, 20233 min read


Nothing like the Sun #3 - Love is the Anchor
Drawing by Ravie Tofolo The other day, my friend sent me a picture of a lily she saw while walking past a florist’s shop. She thought it...
Vaishnavi Reddy
Nov 14, 20233 min read


Nothing like the Sun #2 - An Ode to Bracelet Clasps and Independence
Photo by Godisable Jacob via Pexels “Would you like me to clasp it for you?” The lady at Tiffany’s had asked me gently after witnessing...
Trisha Gupta
Nov 7, 20233 min read


Nothing like the Sun #1 - On Family and No's
Drawing by Diana Vorona I saw, on the tube, a girl scratching the itch from her Burberry scarf at the nape of her neck and I thought to...
Trisha Gupta
Oct 31, 20233 min read


Nothing Like the Sun - The Mundane Love Column
'Temple of Friendship, Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg', by Now Idonoa On all fours with a 5-pound toilet cleaner that came 3 weeks late...
Trisha Gupta
Oct 24, 20237 min read


No, It's Not Ghosting - The Strand's Helpful Guide To Social Media Messaging
Photo by Jason Howie via Flickr (licensed under CC BY 2.0) Have you ever heard of the term ghosting? If you haven’t, you are lucky...
Mina Yasar
Oct 8, 20234 min read
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