An Oxfess on Oxlove
"...instead of reaching for your phone to share your love, take a chance on people in real life."
A Beginner’s Guide to Being Single
"I’m going to remind myself of all of the reasons that I am lucky to not be in a relationship at this point in my life."
Oxford Date Nights
A perennial head-scratcher: where should I take my date out for a nice dinner?
In Defence of the Rom-Com
Over the first lockdown, my family developed hobbies...Mine was slightly more fun: I fell into a rom-com hole.
Reflections on rustication: Dating with untreated mental illness
CW: Depression, eating disorders.
It is commonly said that in order to love another, one must love themselves. In fact, loving one-self is somewhat viewed...
Date Spots
Given how many people you’re likely to meet in your first few weeks at Oxford, don’t be surprised if you make a romantic connection...
The Dangers of Genre-lisation
Within a week, the television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People, which explores the oeuvre of two teenage lovers, was requested on BBC...
How to have the perfect relationship (and other lies)
Often, Men seem Martian. They just baffle me. And I’ve got it on good authority that despite our best efforts, they’re regularly just as...
Love, actually: dating in 2020
I can’t lie, when I heard the news that we’d probably all be holed up in our rooms for the next few months, without...
Review: I Lost My Body
I Lost My Body (in French, J’ai perdu mon corps) tackles issues of love, loss and maturity, all through a series of flashbacks in...
Cherpse! Jaya and Raphael
Jaya Rana, Hertford, English, First year
We met under the Bridge of Sighs and walked around Oxford for a bit before deciding to go to...
Get Withs and Guilty Feminists
So here I am, tackling this morally ambiguous minefield head
on with an investigation into ‘get withs’ and whether or not they really are feminist.
Dear...
Just a Crush?
How Tessa Violet's 'Bad Ideas' and Mitski's 'Be the Cowboy' are changing the portrayal of romance in pop
Lady Pat. R. Honising – BJ or BJs?
Dear Agony Aunt,
I’ve come across a bit of a crisis and I don’t know what to do. I’ve recently started seeing a boy and...
