Sex and Relationships

Mar 31
4 min

Sexpressive #2 The School of Sex or: Why We Need to Revolutionise Sex Ed

How did you learn about sex? Probably at school to some extent, from parents, books or some online posts, through friends and maybe even...

Introducing Sexpressive: our new bi-monthly sex-ed column

Svea Rietdorf, Lenezia da Costa, Mitra Karanjkar, Olivia Snell, Uma Walgama, Malina Aniol

Mar 16
4 min

Introducing Sexpressive: our new bi-monthly sex-ed column

Sex Education for many of us has been a horrible experience: dominated by heteronormativity, conservative teachers and the suppression of...

Uncovering the abundance of clitoris ignorance: A Conversation with Alumna and Author Sarah Chadwick

Malina Aniol

Mar 11
3 min

Uncovering the abundance of clitoris ignorance: A Conversation with Alumna and Author Sarah Chadwick

The other end of the world is only a second away when I open up Zoom and call Sarah. After a short confusion – with all the online calls,...

Isabela Palancean

Jan 30
3 min

Slow and Steady

Image: Fia @fias.galeria Intimacy is a funny one. Two people could be sat opposite each other, having what would typically pass as an...

Pippa Sterk

Nov 12, 2020
3 min

Queer Choral Communities

Image credit: Pippa Sterk In September 2018, I sat on a train for an hour and a half. At the time, I thought that I was making the...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar

Jul 20, 2020
4 min

An Enquiry into Friendship

When Henry David Thoreau wrote, ‘the language of friendship is not words, but meanings’, I called pretentious bullsh*t. Literature of all...

Mitra Karanjkar

Mar 19, 2020
2 min

PhiMag: The Sex Issue – A Review

Featuring art, poetry and essays, this issue of PhiMag gives an intimate and creative exploration of a variety of themes related to sex,...

In Conversation with Ben Taylor, Director and Executive Producer of ‘Sex Education’ on Netflix

Ellie Muir

Mar 1, 2020
8 min

In Conversation with Ben Taylor, Director and Executive Producer of ‘Sex Education’ on Netflix

With the highly anticipated release of the second series in January, ‘Sex Education’ has remained in the UK Top 10 on Netflix, with...

Being Queer At King's - An Interview With King's Queer Community

Helen Soulsby

Jan 17, 2020
7 min

Being Queer At King's - An Interview With King's Queer Community

Most of us chose King’s not only because of its good reputation but also because it seemed to pride itself on inclusivity, acceptance and...

Helen Soulsby

Nov 19, 2019
7 min

Being Queer At King's - An interview with King's queer community

Most of us chose King’s not only because of its good reputation but also because it seemed to pride itself on inclusivity, acceptance and...

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