Imagine if you were told that by a judge. Psychiatric disposals – any sentence which involves treatment for a mental health problem, from court-ordered therapy to hospital confinement – are...

Questions Without Answers Each month, Olivia Scher chooses a personal question to ask herself, discussing her ideas, thoughts and feelings about life and the world around us. In exploring a...

I grew up in London, a city notorious for the endless rain. I go to university in Edinburgh, which is equally famous for three o’clock sunsets and freezing, toe-curling winds....

It was a tweet from Dr Laurie Mintz, professor of human sexuality, detailing the following statistics:  “When masturbating, 95% of women orgasm. In first time hook-ups with other women, the...

It’s always the thing I’ve found hardest about breakups – the change of plan. Eventually you work out a new path, new plans take their place, and you go off...

CW: Sexual assault and rape. My first opportunity to learn Latin was in my first year of university, and me and my fellow students were keen to find a new...

image via Verso Books Ian Sanjay Patel’s new work with Verso We’re Here Because You Were There effectively explores this history through archival research into the post-war lives of the...

Meg Reynolds, Environmental Editor CW: homophobia, transphobia, mentions of self-harm and suicide. But as I’ve understood myself better over time, who I am to the outside world has changed. I’ve...

Very few artists are rewarded with the security of being admired for their full body of work. Granted, some work and styles may be better than others but that equally...

CW: Sexual Violence The idea that tourists were able to physically place themselves in spaces of violence, gazing at them from the comfort of a tour bus. The notion that...

CW: Sexual Assault I turned my head to look at the man strolling beside me. He was unremarkable in every way except for the fact that he was holding his...

There is possibly no better way to welcome in the month of pleasure at Clitbait than an interview with Ruby Rare. For those of you who may not know who...

Questions Without Answers A new chapter has begun.  And it’s well overdue. This lockdown year it was especially important to find meaning, but looking back, I think I was prone...

When I first read the poem “Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods”, it was an unflinching victory song. It was a triumph against violence, a triumph against linear constructions...

Girls are taught lessons from a young age even subconsciously, with situations such as mothers being more likely to stay at home and look after children whilst the fathers go...