Author: Laura Dazon

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Loving and Leaving: Cardiff Students Recall the First and Final Days of Relationships

What happened in between is up for you to guess. Six years and two months He was the coolest of the cool. Cooler than the Fonz. Cambridge, December 2013 I just knew. Straight away like out of the movies. Barely time for ‘What’s your name?’ He was the coolest of the cool. Cooler than the Fonz. My 16 year old self couldnÔÇÖt describe it or … Continue reading Loving and Leaving: Cardiff Students Recall the First and Final Days of Relationships

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Love, Sexual Health Awareness Week 2020

Sexual Healing: My life with Vulvodynia, Vaginismus and Pain

This article about vaginismus and vulvodynia is the third of a series created for sexual health week. By Laura Dazon We had been together for six months, and after another fruitless attempt at having sex, my ex-boyfriend sighed those words. “I wish you were normal” Growing up as a girl, I had heard the classic warnings about sex, desperately clinging onto any information that older, … Continue reading Sexual Healing: My life with Vulvodynia, Vaginismus and Pain

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Hookup Culture at University: What Cardiff Students Think

Art By Sian Hopkins University is right around the corner again, and after a long time in lockdown, so might be hookup culture! For this week’s topic, we collected several testimonials from Cardiff University students to discuss the intricacies of hookup culture. Hookup culture is often misunderstood If your problem with hookup culture is getting cold sores from a sweaty strobe-lit meathead, the culture is … Continue reading Hookup Culture at University: What Cardiff Students Think

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Love

Let’s Write About Sex and Relationships

Words by Laura Dazon & Art by @thepaperphantasm on Instagram Welcome to Spotlight: Sex and Relationships! With this post, we celebrate the start of a new project. This year, Quench finally has a space dedicated to sex and relationships! Up until now, the Cardiff student media has lacked a reliable safe space to talk about one of the most important parts of student life. Spotlight … Continue reading Let’s Write About Sex and Relationships

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Film & TV

Our Favourite Animes

Whether you consider yourself an otaku or have never watched an anime in your life, this list might be just what you need. From niche picks and oldies that marked entire generations, to the best of what Japanese animation has to offer nowadays: there is something for all tastes. Our contributors each selected one of their favourite animes. Funnily enough, all of them ended up … Continue reading Our Favourite Animes

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Film & TV

Foot in the Door: How to become a Film and TV Extra

By Laura Dazon It’s scary, but possible The film industry is an impenetrable fortress in which only the luckiest can step. But there is one oft-forgotten way to make it on the sets of worldwide productions without having someone open the door for you. DonÔÇÖt expect this article to teach you how to glide through the grand entrance. Today, weÔÇÖre going through the back door, … Continue reading Foot in the Door: How to become a Film and TV Extra

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Culture

Virtual Youtubers – What’s the appeal?

By Laura Dazon It sounds like it’s straight out of Black Mirror: Virtual YouTubers ÔÇô or ‘Vtubers’ ÔÇô are your typical “like and subscribe” influencers, except for one thing: they’re not real. They display human characteristics, they vlog and crack jokes, but their existence is entirely artificial. If the typical appeal of YouTubers is their sincerity and authenticity, why have so many viewers flocked to … Continue reading Virtual Youtubers – What’s the appeal?

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Film & TV

What to Watch on Streaming: November 2019

Pui Kuan Cheah on Queer Eye: We’re In Japan!┬á- On Netflix Looking for an uplifting and inspiring show on Netflix this November? Queer Eye: WeÔÇÖre In Japan! has your back. Winner of 7 Primetime Emmys, Queer Eye returns once again with a special 4-part season, this time moving across the Pacific to Japan. For those of you who have yet to catch up on this … Continue reading What to Watch on Streaming: November 2019

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Live Reviews, Music

Live Review: Ariana Grande Sweetener Tour, O2 Arena, 15/10/19

2018 was an explosive year in terms of career for Ariana Grande. Not only did she prove herself as an amazing vocalist multiple times, she also created iconic songs, clips and aesthetics and became a source of memes more times than one can count. It only seemed natural, then, that 2019 would follow the same tone with the Sweetener Tour. When I saw she was … Continue reading Live Review: Ariana Grande Sweetener Tour, O2 Arena, 15/10/19

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