Tag: relationships
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Is it ever OK to date someone who votes against your existence?
It is hard to go online these days and not end your session of scrolling angry, frustrated or with someone new to complain about. Last week was a fitting example of that following disappointing media coverage of the genocide in Gaza, all the Hulk Hogan apologists and Laverne Cox romanticising her long-term relationship with a…
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Everything I’ve learnt from my 20s I’m carrying into my 30s
When I was a child, I thought that once a woman turned 30 and wasn’t married with kids, she spontaneously fell off the edge of the earth, never to be heard from again. You can blame movies and the lack of age appropriate representation for that one. I’ve been nervous about this birthday milestone for most…
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Is anyone cuffing this cuffing season?
Something is in the air… but it’s definitely not love… or the desire to cuff this cuffing season. Usually when summer ends, everyone around you suddenly goes from being happily single to being joint at the hip with their new beau. Nights out turn to nights in, ‘I’ turns into ‘we’ and your timeline is…
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Review: It Ends With Us is the ‘movie of the summer’ despite its controversies
Published first on Tyla.com The highly-anticipated film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us finally hit cinemas on Friday (9 August), but did it capture the hearts of fans in the same way the book did? The novel was a global phenomenon, having had fans in a chokehold since its release in 2016. Hoover…
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What I want from the last year of my twenties
Birthdays really do divide people. I guess in the same way any hallmark holiday does – whilst some see it as a reason to celebrate and crack open the Prosecco (or Tequila in my case), others see their birthday as a day like no other and require no special attention to be paid to it,…
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Came for Zendaya, stayed for the homoeroticism
I had been looking forward to seeing Challengers ever since it was announced. Like the vast majority of the world, Zendaya is one celebrity I simply can’t seem to get over. She’s beautiful, talented and her method dressing on the red carpet is a sight to behold. It’s safe to say that I was seeing…
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Deepti and Salvador: the true winners of Love Is Blind
*Spoilers ahead* The final episode of Love is Blind season 2 came out on Netflix today, and for those who watch the show, I’m sure you’d agree it did not disappoint. For those who don’t watch the show, Love is Blind is a social experiment where a group of men and women date each other…
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The sublime intervention of ‘I May Destroy You’
Trigger Warning: this article contains themes of sexual assault, sexual violence and consent. Please do not read any further if any of these discussions trigger you. This article also contains spoilers. Michaela Coel had me from the moment she brought Chewing Gum into my life, and she’s outdone herself this time. ‘I May Destroy You’…
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Let’s talk about High Functioning Anxiety
“Nobody would ever believe something was wrong, because you always portrayed yourself as being fine.” – the story of my fxcking life. It’s mental health awareness week, and with quarantine seeing a lot of us spending more time by ourselves, it might be the most crucial mental health week yet. I’m going to talk about…
Sincerely, Saskia 