In the final instalment of her weekly column, Alice Garnett provides some personal life updates and signs off as the author of Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!
Author: Alice Garnett
Alice is our resident sex columnist whose interests include pints, pink, and all things love-related. When she's not evangelising Singledom she's busy hyping up her East Midlands home town, demystifying bisexuality, and writing for other publications such as Lithium Magazine and Adolescent Content.
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: A Rough Guide to BDSM
CW: consent, BDSM BDSM: bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism – a fun little acronym for “spicing things up in the bedroom” (if you err on the side of euphemism). Let me begin by gently reminding you that BDSM is more than just gear; there’s more to it than floggers, cuffs, rope, Read More…
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: An Ode to Boundaries
Many of us will be familiar with the concept of ‘drawing boundaries’ – with friends, family, or partners – in acts of self-preservation. Therapists will lecture you on the importance of boundaries and how we, as adults, are responsible for creating them as well as adhering to them. But it’s all so much easier said Read More…
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: Ask Me Anything!
How do you figure out if you want to be casual or serious in relationships, or stay entirely single? Ah, yes, the age old question; we stare despairingly at ourselves in the mirror and demand to know “WHAT DO YOU WANT?”. With choices as limited as they are at the moment, it is even more Read More…
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut: Valentine’s Day Special
The perpetually single typically despise Valentine’s Day as a brutal reminder that they are alone in this world – without a person to buy stuffed animals and boxes of chocolates for. However, as someone who heavily romanticises singledom, I reject this embittered view of a holiday which – essentially – is simply one about love.
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut: Overcoming My Internalised Biphobia
In her weekly column, Alice Garnett opens up regarding the internalised biphobia that she and other bi-women have struggled with.
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut: ‘Post Nut Clarity’ versus ‘The Dick Haze’, Gendered Responses to Sex
Alice Garnett explores the phenomena of ‘post-nut’ clarity and the ‘dick haze’, and the problematic stereotypes they reinforce.
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut: Monogamy, Is It Dead Yet?
Had you asked me this question three months ago I’d have answered vehemently with a definitive: “YES.” Because why would I – a young, beautiful 21 year old in her prime – limit myself to one partner?! The notion seemed ridiculous. As I’ve mentioned in previous pieces, at secondary school I was a serial monogamist. Read More…
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: A Guide to “Keeping it Casual”
Casual-anything (dating or sex) can be carefree, empowering, and fulfilling – given the right circumstances – but it can unexpectedly veer into an emotional minefield of confusion, bitterness, and heartache.
Nice to Meet You, I’m a Slut!: Ask Me Anything 2
Whilst I don’t think there’s much harm in the odd shag for – I don’t know – ‘old time’s sake’, I think a FWB relationship which entails fairly regular sexual contact can be a recipe for disaster.