Tag: communication

Sex Edition (2024)

Talk Directly To Me

Words by: Ash Dowling 
Art by: Jen Chen

As a law student, I’ve gotten pretty intimate with the affirmative consent laws that came into effect in Victoria in July last year. They require a person to actively take steps, through words or actions, to obtain the affirmative consent of the other person, which means willingness and permission, rather than a mere lack of protestation.

Sorry — talking about law reform is probably a turn-off, but asking your sexual partner for consent shouldn’t have the same effect.

… Talk Directly To Me
Literary Edition

XOXO

Words by: Angel Tully
Art by: Rai Cade

It is traditionally said that men are the hunters and women are the gatherers. As much as gender roles may have evolved since cave people times, I think it is safe to say that women have been gathering things for a long time. We didn’t just gather nuts and berries, we gathered information, emotions, alliances and secrets. The latter, which when left uncorked, translates into the age-old tradition of storytelling in the most lavish and scandalous sense—gossip.

… XOXO