The 90° date is here. As alcohol consumption and boozy first dates are on the decline in Britain, singles are opting to meet up in saunas instead. 🧵

Police sexual misconduct allegations have surged by a third, according to new data released by the Home Office. I spoke to legal experts about the latest data and how police investigation processes are still failing some survivors of sexual abuse.

When I was living in New York City, I started hanging out with a woman named Hattie Wiener, an OnlyFans performer, who was 87 years old. I wrote about (and photographed) Hattie for Huck in early 2024, and it was one of my favourite stories I've ever worked on. 🧵

Young British men are driving the nation's spike in nicotine pouch usage... for New Statesman, I investigate why.

Good morning! I wrote a new Substack 💌

New substack on why dating apps fail... 💌

In Vallejo, California, a higher percentage of young adults live with their parents than anywhere else in the US 🧵

Some messy thoughts on the sociopolitics of oversharing written on the last day of 2025..

In my early twenties, I was prescribed anxiety medication (an SSRI called sertraline) by a GP who I never saw again. 🧵

I'd much prefer that we were asking each other out in cafes and pubs... but if we're on dating apps, we may as well be intentional about how we're using them. I spoke to experts at Hinge, Tinder and Feeld about how to write a better dating app profile.

I wrote about the terrifying world of AI toys for New Statesman 🧸🍬 www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...

Last week the UK gov confirmed it would be banning choking scenes in porn — a move that has been described as progress by some and misguided censorship by others. I attempt to untangle this knotty topic in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

I wrote about Black Venus' erotic wrestling battles that take place in a secret location in East London — and delved into the tender world of kink wrestling. Read my article in Feeld's magazine, AFM 💪🏼👠🫦 feeld.co/magazine/ple...

Why does Andrew Tate think that straight sex can be gay? I investigate on my Substack. laidbare.substack.com/p/is-sex-for...

I wrote about the far right’s love affair with deranged AI slop — and what it means for British politics for New Statesman. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

For the past year, I’ve been interviewing men who took finasteride for hair loss and say they have experienced catastrophic side effects ever since: brain fog. Insomnia. Anxiety. Genital shrinking. Muscle weakness. Suicidal ideation. 🧵

New substack on returning to New York and feeling crazy💌👁️👄👁️ Subscribe to LAID BARE for free - laidbare.substack.com

For The New Statesman: I wrote about the next stage of the vaping revolution… and how the industry seems to be deliberately appealing to children 🚬🍬🍭🍧 www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

In my first article for The New Statesman, I wrote about Labubu fever.. and what it tells us about ourselves and our social worlds. 🧵 www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025...

Are Gen Z *actually* bad at partying? I spoke to young adults about how they party in London to find out... www.timeout.com/london/news/...

"Performative males" have been the internet's laughing stock in recent weeks, leaving men who enjoy iced matchas, Labubus, tote bags and reading Joan Didion open to ridicule... I spoke to men about what they made of the "performative male" trend. standard.co.uk/lifestyle/da...

NEW Substack: I interviewed New York City artist Lindsay Dye about the sticky, sensual pleasures of cake-sitting. We chatted about being a camgirl, anthropomorphic desserts & what colour cakes are a no-go for cake-sitting. Subscribe for free! 💌🧁🍧🎀💋 laidbare.substack.com/p/the-sticky...

Just under a month since the Online Safety Act’s new age verification rules came into place, the number of people accessing p*rnography in the UK has decreased sharply. But whether the numbers are indicative of progress depends on who you ask. 🧵

Thank you to The Standard for my dream commission... I got single men who date women in London to give me the tea about their dating lives. Do women really have the worse end of the stick, or is it just as hard for guys? www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ge...

I wrote about the joys of late-night dining (and rewiring my relationship to my own appetite) for The Standard. standard.co.uk/comment/gen-...

Nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of young men believe that it should be harder to access online p*rnography, up 11% from 2013.🧵

NEW substack about reporting on NYC subculture. Subscribe for free 💌 laidbare.substack.com/p/kinky-cats...

For Service 95 - I went to London’s messiest tea party… a sticky, sensual cake-sitting event where every performer was trans and non-binary. Words and photos by me 🧁👄 www.instagram.com/p/DMqZXeDx-p...

I've started a Substack.

New episode out! A couple are into CNC scenarios. But when he asked her to drug him, have her way with him and share him with her friends, it gave her pause. On the Magnum, hear from @arielledomb.bsky.social, the writer who spent the evening in a Berlin sex doll hotel with "Techno Babe."

Last August, I left my ex's flat in East London and moved back in with my parents at the other end of the Northern Line. 🧵

I went to a sauna rave and wrote about it for i-D. Photos by me 🫧 i-d.co/article/saun...

In my first article for VICE, I flew to Berlin to spend a night at Cybrothel, an AI sex doll brothel. www.vice.com/en/article/m...

I went to the London launch party of Lox Club, a 1920s-deli-inspired "Jew-ish" dating app. www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...

For much of Western modern history, menopause has been regarded as a period of physical and psychological decline. But for some menstruating people, it can also be a beginning — the start of an exciting new life chapter. 🧵

Last month, I traveled to Barcelona to meet the Swedish porn director Erika Lust, who, for the past 20+ years, has been creating porn that champions ethical working conditions, embracing sexual diversity and realistic depictions of female pleasure. 🧵

I interviewed men who are in relationships with sex dolls for Men's Health magazine. Many of these stories amounted to a tale about loneliness in Trump's America and what it means to be a man in the US today. www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a6...

Why do we become obsessed with our partners' exes? 🧵

Apparently the dopamine spike after two minutes spent in an ice bath is similar to that of a line of cocaine... 🧵

Looking to speak to a GP, psychologist or psychiatrist about the rise in ADHD diagnosis in the UK for a quick turnaround article. Email me at [email protected].

I interviewed couples about the ways in which weight loss jabs (like Mounjaro, Wegovy, Zepbound and Ozempic) were impacting their sex lives and relationships. Read it in @theipaper.com. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Two girls fell in love at a camp for ‘troubled teens’ and made an audacious escape. Their captors weren’t far behind

For the past year, I’ve been reporting on Re-Creation Retreat (RCR), a therapeutic treatment center for teenage girls with “behavioral problems” in Arizona. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

For 150 years, Anisha Enterprises, a family business on the outskirts of Jaipur, have been producing leather products, like diaries and slippers Then they met Randhir Singh and started making leather corsets, handcuffs, bite gags. 🧵 feeld.co/magazine/ple...

"Noodling tournaments may be the closest thing we still have to anxious poker games at Wild West saloons." Phenomenal writing by Cameron Maynard in @texashighways.bsky.social 😮 texashighways.com/outdoors/the...

Last year, I investigated a murky area of criminal law. What should police do if a victim does not know – or is presumed not to know – that they are a victim of a crime? 🧵 @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

In my first article for The i Paper, I speak to three women about what happened after they found out that their partners were addicted to OnlyFans. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

I wrote about my recent obsession with community saunas... which have recently evolved into a steamy social scene across the UK. www.vogue.co.uk/article/publ...

Fascinating investigation into insect sentience by @shaylalove.bsky.social 🪲

"A culture where our bodies only exist to be optimized is one that is fundamentally antisocial and isolated; it turns us into prodigious consumers and uninteresting human beings." [email protected] soo good