Life
Generation isolation: you are not alone
Covid-19 has made young people more disconnected than ever. Psychotherapist Martina Jean-Jacques discusses the simple steps we can take to combat feelings of loneliness.
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Society
Has lockdown decreased your libido? You’re not alone
We speak to a psychosexual therapist and individuals whose sexual appetites have shrunk during the pandemic.
Society
5 student newspaper writers on being a first-year in 2023
University life has never been more challenging. Rent hikes. Online lectures. Part-time work killing all-time partying. We asked students in Newcastle, Glasgow, Bristol, Aberystwyth and Belfast to weigh in.
Life
Sex and SSRIs: why your libido is lower, and how to fix it
Over the last year, prescriptions to antidepressants in the UK have soared. One of their most exasperating side effects? A decreased sex drive and inability to reach orgasm.
Life
LSD, ketamine, psilocybin, CBD: from recreation to self-medication
Will Coldwell explores how a generation is turning to conscious drug taking.
Culture
Raising Boys: adolescence, masculinity and the blurry lines where they meet
The first exhibition from new Hackney gallery Black White explores men’s mental health and the all-important conversations surrounding it.
Society
The ballad of Britney Spears
In spring 2002, THE FACE interviewed the biggest pop star in the world. As the #FreeBritney movement gets louder, the writer reflects on her encounter with a young woman already hurting more than we knew.
Functioning: at which point does a ‘casual’ habit become a problem?
Weekend wine binges, cocaine to keep the party going, ketamine to take the edge off, xanny to sleep... it’s all a bit of a mess, but it’s fine, you’ll still function.
Culture
Lost in oblivion
Moses Gomes-Santos’ powerful short film charts the detrimental, sometimes deadly, effects the pressures of life can have on young men.
Culture
Nights of Violence: love and grief in the face of addiction
Artist Tan Gillies mixes moving image, painting, sculpture and photography in a soul-bearing new exhibition tackling mental health, domestic abuse and the hard road to getting clean.
Culture
Is Britain entering an age of aggravation?
Leatherings on the hard shoulder. Brawls on petrol station forecourts. From where Clive Martin is sitting, Britain is
entering an age of great aggravation – recorded on cameraphones and uploaded for a new kind of gladiatorial thrill. Should we be scared?
Culture
Autism and dystopias: the alt-realities of artist Benjamin Salmon
The Central Saint Martins sculpture student creates work through a make-believe lens, offering an escape from his mental health while creating expressive characters of everyday people.
Life
How to combat the January blues
Made it through Blue Monday but still feeling down in the dumps? This will cheer you right up.
Life
Here’s what being young in 2021 feels like
A group of 19 to 30-year-olds from around the world reflect on losing two years of their lives – and they’ll get them back.
Culture
How Euphoria captures the devastation of addiction
In Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, by drawing from his own experience, Sam Levinson showed us everything we knew Euphoria could still be: a poignant and emotional story of addiction.
Society
Sophia Smith Galer on achieving radical sexual freedom through education
The renowned journalist and author’s new book, Losing It: Sex Education for the 21st Century, debunks the world’s most damaging sex myths and leaves readers feeling empowered.
