By Emily Osborn I don’t think I stand alone when I say that when I see a couple kissing in public, I cringe. Something about seeing a stranger in that intimate moment makes us feel so uncomfortable as if we are somehow intruding on something private. So why is it that some people like to…
Emily Osborn Depending on the context, casual sex can be vilified, or glorified. Modern society and media for years have been perpetuating the narrative that sexual liberation equals enjoying casual sex and regular one-night stands. Casual sex put simply is the physical intimacy and fun of sex without the romantic or emotional components of…
By Emily Osborn Sex and sexuality are both a major parts and basic needs of human life. However, regardless of the importance of this part of life, people with disability are often still disregarded from conversations surrounding sex. It might shock a lot of you to find out that up until 2017 in Ireland, it…
By Emily Osborn Trigger Warning: This article contains discussions of sexual violence and r*pe. In 2019, Pornhub released a list of the most commonly searched terms on their platform. The list was dominated by terms such as ‘teen’, ‘step mom’, ‘gangbang’, and bondage proved to be one of the most popular categories on the website….
By Emily Osborn This article contains mentions and discussions of grooming, which is a very sensitive topic for some people- please consider skipping this article if you feel it may cause you to feel hurt or upset. To quote Foucault, power is everywhere; romantic relationships being no exception. In the media and amongst the general…
By Emily Osborn Ireland is finally starting to emerge from lockdown. With the world being advised to avoid physical contact at all costs, it would have been expected that society’s collective sex lives would have died of neglect. But with all that time spent indoors, people had to do something (or someone) to fight their…
By Jack Wrixon, Sexpress Editor Without sugar-coating it, the climate crisis we’re currently facing is awful. Watching the world around you slowly decay as a direct result of human activity is nothing if not both an existential crisis and also, a turn off. But what can be done? It’s easy to shift a lot of…
By Jack Wrixon, Sexpress Editor Taking nudes is an art form. Never has a picture of someone’s body or their genitals ever been so controversial, so coveted, so sexual. Nude pictures of people have been found throughout history and throughout cultures, with a very famous example being of Agnès Sorel, mistress to King Charles VIII…
By Jack Wrixon, Sexpress Editor On the 25th of May 2018, the people of Ireland voted with a 66% majority to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Irish Constitution. This amendment saw the legalisation of abortions across the country, and put an end to the decades of neglect and suffering faced by the citizens of…
By Jack Wrixon – Sexpress Editor Since we’re all sitting at home doing nothing (or should be anyway), many people have found themselves listening to more and more podcasts, and there are a lot of great options for listening out there. There are also unfortunately a lot of bad ones, but we won’t mention them…