‘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…
‘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…