Valentine’s Day: an excuse for couples to take off somewhere romantic, new and exciting. There is an endless list of romantic locations for that perfect getaway, both close to home and far away. For me, I associated Budapest and Vienna with romance. Two places I longed to visit, and my boyfriend at the time was…
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Galentine’s Day
Created in the most consumerist fashion, the celebration of female friendships that is Galentine’s Day comes from the second season of Parks and Recreation in which Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) explains it as ‘the best day of the year. Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home,…
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A tongue-in-cheek love letter to Theresa May
Dear Prime Minister, Cheer up – it’s almost Valentine’s Day- and if you didn’t realise, people love you. Yep, when those Brexiteer backbenchers from the European Research Group (ERG) schemed against you, it was out of love. See they’ve lived in a posh, male-dominated bubble for too long, and it’s their secret kink for you…
Arts
NUA’s Zine society exhibition: “merging the punk and the pink”
There is something inherently punk about zines – a subcultural phenomenon with a small circulation, a DIY ethic fused with the use of appropriated texts and images. Valentine’s Day, on the other hand, is inherently un-punk. It is mainstream, it is commercial, it stands for everything that zine culture does not. LOVE: An Exhibition on…
Sex survey 2018
“I’m not against sex, I just don’t have it”
Everyone has a thing right? Some people are scared of flying or haven’t learnt to ride a bike. Others are into taxidermy or have a lot of cats they give full names. We all have a thing. I haven’t had sex. That’s mine. I never found time. I was busy doing other things while my…
Sex survey 2018
Happy Valentine’s Day UEA…
UEA, let’s talk about sex. In our 24 page spread, we reveal all the 2018 Sex Survey had to offer. Talking consent, contraception and fetishes too bold to mention in an editorial (check out page 23) UEA did not disappoint. Some of the statistics shocked, as the survey revealed more UEA students have had sex…