Posts in Mouthwash
The Paradoxes of Sexual Ethics and Erotic Desire: Consensual vs Non-Consensual BDSM

BDSM is frequently captured as a manifestation of misogyny, and its practice is presented as wholly derivative of patriarchal culture. On social media platforms such as TikTok, or more specifically ‘Kink Tok,’ you might find assertations made by women in comment sections, such as: “call me vanilla, but I don’t find violence sexy,” or “why does nobody like vanilla sex anymore?”

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How To Be a Half-Decent Human Without Being Insufferable: A Guide.

Earlier that day, I’d gotten into a bit of a heated debate with a classmate. Looking back, I can’t even remember what on. I’ve always felt an intense need to be a good person and felt equally as intense guilt any time I thought I wasn’t being up to scratch. One of the ways this manifested itself was in me keeping exhaustingly up to date with any matter of social justice.

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Mouthwash, OpinionGuest User
Meme Culture & Mental Health: Does It Help?

Of course it makes sense that the memes we find most hilarious are the ones we find most relatable. There is something strangely comforting about having someone hold a mirror up to your deepest, darkest, mental health struggle and reflect it back to you as a 240-character tongue-in-cheek witticism that’s gone viral.

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Opinion, MouthwashGuest User
Are University Degrees Still Relevant?

As a current third-year student, who has no interest in her current degree, I am currently debating whether a degree is relevant. The pandemic, specifically, has changed my perspective on degrees and university in general. There are lots of changes to how universities run and although some of the changes could not be helped, that has significantly changed the university experience.

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Politics, MouthwashGuest User
Does Representation Matter?

Representation, equality, inclusion… No matter how you dress it up over the past few years, there has been an uptick in conversations about closing the gap between what we see – via TV, Social Media or otherwise – and the realities of the diverse world we live in.

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Opinion, MouthwashGuest User
Should Covid-19 Vaccines Be Mandatory?

In a since deleted tweet, Good Morning Britain polled its viewers on a question that is hot on everyone’s minds – Should we be making vaccine’s mandatory? In the short time the poll was up, a resounding 89% of 45 thousand voters decided no, it isn’t time to make vaccines mandatory, whereas the remaining 11% agreed that we should.

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Politics, MouthwashGuest User
Mindfulness: Just the Latest Fad?

You can now buy Mindful Mayo from Whole Foods, paint your bedroom with a pot of Mindful Grey paint, drink excruciatingly expensive Mindful Tea, all whilst wearing your brand-new Mindful Motion leggings from Lululemon. Is there actually any benefit to this, or are we just being consumed by the latest capitalist fad?

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Wellbeing, MouthwashGuest User
“You'll Never Live Like Common People” – The Fetishisation of Being Working Class

What struck me more than the dress, the cheap baccy, the husky voices, was the attitude that ‘looking’ and ‘acting’ working class was a novelty, something to be picked up and dropped by comparison to their own backgrounds. Which by implication meant dressing like they had no money, drinking to oblivion, and generally treating the idea of being working class as simply an aesthetic.

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Mouthwash, OpinionGuest User
TRIGGER WARNINGS: May Contain Triggers.

How much warning do we need? We ALL have our own shit to deal with and it is just that, our own shit. Life can be entered into with too much caution sometimes, this I’ve learned to my cost over the years. Sometimes you need to boldly and blindly go into something, confront it and hopefully come out of it a little better. But exposure therapy isn’t for everyone and isn’t always helpful. Face your demons they say...but in your own time.

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Mouthwash, OpinionGuest User
The Relationship Between Race And Porn

This is an exploration into why you should care that 55% of men said porn was their main source of sex education (BBC 2017). This is a deep (if you pardon) discussion about three of the most prevalent, and arguably most damaging, taboos in porn: Race, Age, and Violence.

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MouthwashGuest User