Anyone who’s used dating apps knows it can get pretty exhausting. Lazy Maïté has taken it upon herself to think outside the box, and has come up with some fun, alternative ways to use dating apps other than, well, dating. ...
Lucie, a.k.a. “The Bride to Be”, discusses what it feels like to be getting married but deciding to remain child-free, despite societal pressures and expectations. ...
The idea of women not being sexually active, being too sexually active, or not performing a certain way in bed, often renders them unattractive in our problematic culture of sex....
Ayse Göc recounts her own personal experiences, growing up in Turkey. She shows how small things, like shaming young girls about the effects their transforming teenage bodies have on men, can lead to a culture where women murdered by their own relatives is a fact of life....
In the era when online dating is an inevitable option for singles and platforms such as Tinder actually set now-married couples up, it is increasingly easy to believe that true love is just another swipe away. And it might be. But it’s not always prince charming that we meet.
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In today’s article, Zsofi Borsi asks the grand questions: do you really need to “wait it out”, until a relationship becomes “objectively” bad? What could be the early symptoms of the fact that you’re thinking of leaving? ...
‘Women are placed in a catch-22: if we seek external validation, we are unappealing, but society has been constructed on the basis that we can only be validated by men.', argues Izzi Williams. ...
A video essay based on messages I received online - from men whom I have never met.
There is an invisible stress factor in most women's lives - one that we ...
I recently finished the last episode of Russell T. Davies’ acclaimed drama, It’s A Sin. I had expected to learn a lot from the show, especially given I was par...
Anti-femininity is a phenomenon that poisons the life of girls and women worldwide. Anna, a self-proclaimed tomboy, shares her childhood memories about her first encounters with patriarchy and anti-femininity. ...
You shave your legs, suffer over a guy or a girl sometimes, ask for help instead of trying to power through something alone? You wear bras and makeup and you expect the guy to pay the bill on the first date? Have you ever felt that this makes you a bad feminist? In the following personal, yet very relatable piece, Elena Giuliano tells you why you really shouldn’t!
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Fed by the image of romantic obsession, but encouraged to co-exist in stable, lasting units - so it goes the contradiction of modern love, argues Zsofi Borsi in this explorative piece. ...
Anna opens up about her experiences with PTSD, the only available form of time travel, and highlights why PTSD impacts women, both in and out of the military, too. , too....
What happens to our bodies when we come off the contraceptive pill, and why is there so little information to help women through the process? Emily Stronach Walker discusses the physical and psychological side-effects of quitting the Pill, and how her own experience left her feeling isolated and frustrated by the contradictory, minimal guidance she found. ...
To celebrate National Coming Out Day, we asked our readers to submit their short pieces, poems, and illustrations inspired by their coming out story. ...
The patriarchy is, once again, ruining your life. And this time: it’s your sex life. Looking at advertising, social media, even each other, Becky unpacks why we feel the need to preen our nakedness – and why we need to work to let it go....
In a world that's obsessed with couples, being single takes courage. Gaby Ravet shares what she learned from being single for a year and introduces us to her Seven Self-Empowering Commandments. ...
Should we have to kiss our relatives when greeting them? How does the current pandemic change social norms around boundaries and bodily autonomy? Lili explores these questions in her newest article on Lazy Women....
How getting a buzz cut changed my life so far
I’ve always wanted to go for the buzz cut. Maybe because I wanted to stand out from the crowd, to feel unique,...
Open windows, make morning coffee, step outside. Birds are chirping, all that shit. I think it’s funny how we like to name animals. I’ve named the pigeon that ...
Why Paris Hilton’s meaningless content comforts in a time of crisis
I want to forget about reality for a little while. I get tired of reading and thinking a...