The Allure of Social Smoking
Oh, to be packed tightly in a smoking area, surrounded by close friends and perfect strangers, passing around a lighter, asking inane questions like “so what do you study?” between…
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Alice Garnett
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What’s Private Is Public: Drawing the Ethical Line as a Personal Essayist
To me, writing often means putting into words the otherwise unutterable—to take messy knots of feelings and unravel them into a series of articulate sentences, hoping they’ll strike a chord…
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I’m Sorry, I Can’t Today—I’m Busy Being Held Hostage by Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness can feel like you’re a prisoner in your own body. Or at least that’s how I’ve felt whenever I’ve had to give up on my day…
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The Sanctity of Clubbing
I’m not trying to claim nightclubs as a place of worship, but I can think of few better places to see God. There’s ritual to be found in the student…
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In Conversation with Sex-Positive Icon Ruby Rare
On the 28th of October, I had a dream-come-true interview with sex-positive, body-positive icon Ruby Rare, who recently released a must-read book on sex education. Filled with wonderful naked people,…
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In Defense of Guilty Pleasures
Even when we’re not sharing aesthetic food pics on Instagram, we have private accounts stashed away to archive our messy parties, times spent eating pizza late at night, and all…
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Does Break-Up Sex Really Help You Forget Your Ex?
We’ve all been there: the first night out on the town, newly single and—dare I say—ready to mingle. Either you’re tingling with excitement and more than ready to utilize your…
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What It Means to Be a Slut in 2020
I often refer to myself as a self-proclaimed slut—be it in applications for writing jobs, my subsequent articles, or simply in the pleasantries exchanged during first and second dates. The…
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