I have a confession to make. I have feelings for my best friend. Yes, I have managed to break the number one rule of friendship: do not fall in love with your best friend. As we approach Valentine’s Day, I … Continue reading The Problem of Falling in Love With Your With Best Friend
Photography by Séamus Carroll. I’m on campus with my abuser: I started studying at Trinity last year, doing a degree I thought I would love on a beautiful campus, with notions of divinity surrounding me. I had earned this; worked … Continue reading My Abuser on Campus My Experience
Photo by Harsh Gupta on Unspash. The week of the 3rd – 7th of October marks Sex Week in Trinity College. A week heralding positive views of love, sex, and equality. In keeping with this trend, I thought that maybe … Continue reading Confessions of a Real Male Pornstar I am a solo male pornstar. But I hate the term ‘pornstar’.
Originally Published in Print, April 2022. Just imagine it; you’re several drinks in with the girls from college on your semester abroad and the topic shifts to missing your boyfriends. The wonders of modern technology make communicating with our … Continue reading ‘Why Are All of my Sex Toys Purple?’ And Other Important Questions
Content Warning: Sexual Assault The following is the fourth instalment of our second ‘Perspectives’ series. ‘Perspectives’ as a concept was born out of a desire to provide thought-provoking and relatable snapshots into students’ experiences navigating relationships, self-discovery, and … Continue reading Perspectives 4: This Anniversary On celebrating, mourning, and living the anniversaries of my sexual assault.
Originally published in print November 2020. Illustration by Lola Fleming. (A note for the reader, this is not a bash against any artist or organization in this industry. These are just an amalgamation of thoughts and observations over the … Continue reading Exhausted // Opinion
Originally published in print in September 2020. Seeing as there’s no Freshers’ Fair this year, TN2’s Art & Design editors have assembled a list of all the relevant art societies on campus. Because where else would you discover that Trinity … Continue reading A List of Trinity’s Art Societies for Your Convenience
The first time I struggled with my sexuality was when I was sixteen. I was in a relationship at the time, and I remember feeling terrified of telling my boyfriend that I was bisexual. His reaction was non-judgemental and accepting, … Continue reading Perspectives 8: Invalidating My Own Sexuality
Whether we like it or not, most of what we learn about love comes to us through TV shows and movies, where drama is the name of the game. In movies, the love plot is almost always, in some way … Continue reading Perspectives 7: A Healthy, Unhappy Relationship, or, Not Knowing If You Should Break-Up
Illustration by Ren O’Hare Content warning: sexual assault, mental health issues, and religious intolerance I always found such beauty in a first kiss; the sweet build-up which manifests itself into the most adorable sign of interest in another. … Continue reading Stolen First Kiss
“People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.’”- H. Jackson Brown Jr Perhaps at the age of 21 I should be worried about the complete non-existence of … Continue reading Perspectives 6: Single and Not Ready to Mingle
Words from our Sex Editor Alice: You are reading the fourth instalment of our ‘Perspectives’ series. Please enjoy the work of another of our extremely talented writers. No, I am not crazy. Well maybe only a little, but after … Continue reading Perspectives 4: Holidaying with my Partner’s Family