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    Finding Sexual Liberation via The Strip Club

    • Apr 11
    Finding Sexual Liberation via The Strip Club

    Being Bad Never Felt So Good - Can BDSM be good for your health?

    • Apr 11
    Being Bad Never Felt So Good - Can BDSM be good for your health?

    To Read or Not To Read?

    • Apr 11
    To Read or Not To Read?
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    Dani Weaver
    • Apr 11
    • 6 min

    Finding Sexual Liberation via The Strip Club

    By Dani Weaver (she/her) Contributor | Illustration by Yi Jong Kia Ora lovelies! I’m Dani, a first year comms student (who isn’t?) and...
    Alana McConnell
    • Apr 11
    • 7 min

    Being Bad Never Felt So Good - Can BDSM be good for your health?

    Debate’s feature writer, Alana McConnell (she/her) explores why people that practice BDSM may be more pathologically healthy than those...
    Dani Molloy
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    To Read or Not To Read?

    By Dani Molloy (she/her) Contributor Can We Talk About Consent? By Justin Hancock and illustrated by Fuchsia MacAree 4.5/5 Justin Hancock...
    Nam Woon Kim
    • Apr 11
    • 4 min

    The Sexiest Albums of 2020

    By Nam Woon Kim (he/him) Contributor Sexiest here speaks not so much to sex appeal but more to the base word: sex. Each album embodies...
    Justin Wong
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    AUT’s new student accommodation ‘open’ but construction still ongoing

    By Justin Wong (he/him) Student News Writer The South Tower, left, and the North Tower, right, of AUT’s new student accommodation on...
    Lucy Wormald
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    Send Nudes

    By Lucy Wormald (she/her) Lifestyle and Culture Editor You are in bed having an important pre-dinner nap when the request dings through...
    Jayden Rurawhe
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    He Tangata

    By Jayden Rurawhe (they/them) Jayden Rurawhe (They/Them) walks us through their play, He Tangata, created for the launch of this year's...
    Toa3000
    • Apr 11
    • 3 min

    Switching It Up - Inclusive Sex Positions for all

    By Toa3000 Contributor Let’s face it, the missionary position isn’t for everyone. As a gay man, when I first started learning about sex...
    Lyric Waiwiri-Smith
    • Apr 11
    • 5 min

    Who Has Sexual Ownership in Music?

    By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (she/her) Music writer Debate’s music writer, Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (She/Her), critiques how we frame conversations...
    Lucy Wormald
    • Apr 11
    • 4 min

    But words will never hurt me?

    By Lucy Wormald (she/her) | Illustration by Yi Jong Lifestyle and Culture Editor CW: Sexual Assault Language is brimming with floating...
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