‘At Least You’re Young Enough to Start Again’: What Not to Say to a Friend Getting Divorced at Thirty
‘The Lines Between When You Do and Don’t Have Consent Have Blurred’: How Hookup Culture Has Normalised Sexual Assault
One night, I was speaking to a few friends who also lived on campus. Our discussion topic was our current sex lives. Each time one of us got into the nitty-gritty, I became increasingly aware of how many things our partners had done that just didn’t seem right yet were normal and common among us…
‘We Need to Normalise Open Communication’: Setting Boundaries Within a Friendship
Setting boundaries is something that I have struggled with in the past. This was before I learned that saying the words, “I am not comfortable speaking about this,” does not make you an inconsiderate friend – it makes you human. In this unfortunate era of my life when boundaries were a foreign concept, various experiences in an accidental trial-and-error process made me aware of my limits…