‘At Least You’re Young Enough to Start Again’: What Not to Say to a Friend Getting Divorced at Thirty
‘Exoticised and Fetishised’: Navigating Dating Apps as a Black Woman
The dating world for black women is often bleak and unwelcoming. Behind the screen and in real life, we are navigating a dating world filled with microaggressions, colourism and outright racism. Oftentimes black women put themselves out there on apps that specifically want them to message first and receive nothing in return…
From Cocaine and Cock to Coffee and Courting: How Sobriety Changed My Love Life
I have a litany of these tales. Weekends that were fueled by cocaine, cheap red wine, and strangers. Someone once said to me: “your first dates are so exciting. Mine are always so dull.” At the time, I was proud of that statement. Yes. Check me out. Exciting as fuck. On the outside, I was Samantha Jones; on the inside, I was suicidal.
Missing the Dating-and-Sex-Train: My Life as an Asexual
One by one, I saw my friends board the dating-and-sex-train that I somehow always seemed to miss. People told me that I needed to let go of the idea of finding ‘the one’, but I knew how dating and sex worked. I just really, really couldn’t see it working for me.
The Reality Of Dating With A Mental Health Condition
As if dating wasn’t difficult enough, dating with mental health issues can feel utterly exhausting at times. I've suffered from anxiety ever since I can remember, which means I’ve had to learn coping mechanisms to negotiate my symptoms. It’s taken some time, but through various means of intervention, I finally feel like I’m somewhat in tune with my brain.