London Literature Festival 2021: Mieko Kawakami's Heaven
Centred on the expansive theme of friendship, this year’s London Literature Festival inaugurated Japanese writer’s Mieko Kawakami’s novel...
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Uma Walgama
- Mar 31, 2021
- 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
Sex Education for many of us has been a horrible experience: dominated by heteronormativity, conservative teachers and the suppression of...
Malina Aniol
- Mar 11, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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,...
Ellie Muir
- Mar 1, 2020
- 8 min
In Conversation with Ben Taylor, director of Netflix's 'Sex Education'
“I wish this show had been around when I was younger,” says Ben Taylor, director and executive producer of 'Sex Education' - the Netflix...
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...