unSEXpected: terrible, awful, absolutely no good dates
The restaurant is hidden in an alley, just out of sight from…
unSEXpected: Fear of falling
In my head, I am writing about this moment, as it happens. I know we will both love again. Love, in all of its forms, is inevitable. But in this moment, on this bridge, its vulnerability is inconceivable to us.
unSEXpected: Shooting your shot
Whether you’re nervous about batting your eyes at the cutie in your 9am tutorial, or frantically using ChatGPT to write a good response to a Hinge prompt, putting yourself out there can be really hard.
UnSEXpected: Fabricating closure
Closure is not an act I’ve ever managed to control. For as long as I’ve loved, it’s always been out of reach. I’ve had so many conversations, read so many books, and watched so many movies where the main characters talk about catching up with an ex-something to reach closure.
unSEXpected: Managing Delusions & Delusionships
You have to reject rationality, develop a parasocial relationship with a TikTok tarot reader who encourages your pursuits, choose to hope despite having little to nothing to go off of, and then you’ve pretty much got it!
unSEXpected: Talking about Porn
Pornography is content that has been created with the intent to turn you on. And the internet is full of it.
unSEXpected: Drawing the Line Between Compromise and Settling
The realisation that you could, and maybe should, be getting more out of your relationship is bittersweet. On one hand, it’s comforting to know the kind of love you crave isn’t unreasonable, that it exists somewhere and could very well be yours in future.
unSEXpected: Understanding Kinks and Fetishes
“I cannot Dom for the life of me.” We’re sitting on my…
unSEXpected: A Memoir on Sex after Sexual Assault
*content warning: sexual assault We are at a launch party, drunk and…
unSEXpected x Respect Week: the Intimacy of Foreplay Vs the Casualness of Hook-Up Culture
Foreplay is a series of acts that build sexual arousal and pleasure,…