Alice Garnett, Author at Lithium Magazine

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Sex & Love

Yes, Mistress: On Being a Female Dom

Typing “BDSM and feminism” into Google predominantly yields results about women who enjoy sexual submission alongisde the age-old debate about whether or not getting spanked by your boyfriend makes you…

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Life

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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Life

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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Life

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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Pandemic Parties: The New Normal of COVID-Safe Fun

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Life

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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Sex & Love

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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Life

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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Yes, Mistress: On Being a Female Dom

The Allure of Social Smoking

What’s Private Is Public: Drawing the Ethical Line as a Personal Essayist

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The Sanctity of Clubbing

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F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

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In Conversation with Sex-Positive Icon Ruby Rare

In Defense of Guilty Pleasures

Does Break-Up Sex Really Help You Forget Your Ex?

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Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

Divorce, Disappointment, and Daddy Issues

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

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It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

What Sex and Healing Are Like for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation

The Feminine Urge to Not Shower