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Our pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers muse upon their days of innocence. Do you remember discovering your clitoris? (Or whatever you have that performs a similar function, we guess) Aggie and Edna reckon they had about five to ten years of pre-lapsarian nights of working themselves through the sheets before the implications of what was between their legs […]
Continue ReadingOur pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers tie themselves in knots over BDSM. BDSM has experienced a bit of a public renaissance recently, with Fifty Shades of Grey being touted as both illustrating the voracious sexual appetites of women, and as an example of false consciousness and the kind of fucked up shit it can lead to. Edna feels […]
Continue ReadingIf you happen to have found yourself navigating murky waters of Twitter today there’s a good chance you will have washed ashore upon an article from The Independent entitled ‘The real Oxbridge delusion: Deny it all you want, the red trousers and rich kids stereotype fits perfectly’. Crafted by ex-Oxonian and would-be journo high-roller Tom Mendelsohn […]
Continue ReadingOur pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers take a stroll into the labyrinth of the jealous mind. Being jealous isn’t any fun at all. It’s one of the bleak occasions when the dark little voice in your head may well be right, and the more you express what you are feeling to your partner, the more likely you […]
Continue ReadingOur pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers put away their soapboxes in their final column on queers. Edna and Aggie are queer. We identify ourselves with this largely anti-heteronormativity orientation because (as well as aligning us with the queer community, woo solidarity, all oppression is connected, fight the power etc) it’s much quicker than the alternative fifteen minute explanation […]
Continue ReadingThe OxStu’s mysterious bluestocking sex columnists talk shame. Shame is an emotion which has become very caught up with the idea of sex. It seems to be almost obligatory for women to be ashamed of their bodies – a girl who claimed to be completely fine about her body might be considered a bit weird […]
Continue ReadingOur pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers take on the language that surrounds woman and sex. Slut is an epithet that has been applied to Aggie and Edna by gentlemen of their acquaintance on more than one occasion. One charmer called Aggie a slut mid fuck, provoking tears and recrimination. While a slut used to be a woman […]
Continue ReadingAs a boardgame columnist/psychology student, there is a dark temptation within me; a dark voice in my head that whispers to me at night –a pleading voice that wants me to give in and obey… It told me to make a personality quiz. It told me to take my gamers, my dear sweet loyal gaming […]
Continue ReadingGrovelling, Trial-by-Twitter and the Paxman-shaped hole in Newsnight’s Child Abuse Omni-shambles As viewers tuned in on Friday to watch Newsnight’s rudderless ship charter Twitter’s choppy seas, there was a noticeable absence on their television screens – Jeremy Paxman, British TV’s moralizing juggernaut, was nowhere to be seen. It was, of course, one of the most […]
Continue ReadingOur pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers talk heartbreak. Our illustrious editor’s beautiful girlfriend was once reduced to screams of rage by Edna floating the theory that it is only once we have had our hearts broken that we become fully human. Never having had her heartbroken, and apparently still an adult woman, she was unimpressed. Edna’s attempt to […]
Continue ReadingOxStu’s high-preist of table-top gaming helps you find the perfect start to you board gaming career. When trying to get someone to start playing boardgames, it can feel like you’re a drug dealer trying to hook a new client; you want this person to have such a good time that they keep coming back for […]
Continue ReadingThe man who forced The Boat Race to be restarted last April has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for causing a public nuisance. Australian born Trenton Oldfield, 36, brought the iconic rowing event to a halt after he swam into the path of the racing boats as a “protest against elitism”. The restarting of the event caused […]
Continue ReadingThe OxStu’s new high priest of board games, Jordan Saxby, leaves Monopoly behind and sets out for pastures new. We’ve all been there: It’s Christmas afternoon and your family are sat around the TV; full, sleepy and a little bit drunk. Your bored younger brother is tearing wrapping paper to pieces whilst the tail […]
Continue ReadingOxford University Student Union (OUSU) is now officially the least popular student union in the country according to new data released by the National Student Survey (NSS). OUSU finished joint-last in the survey along with Oxford Brookes Student Union. In both cases only 39 per cent of finalists said that they were satisfied with their […]
Continue ReadingCelebrated author Ian Banks, will visit LMH on Friday to participate in the ‘5 x 15’ literary festival. Banks will be joined at the event by fellow authors John O’Farrell, Ross Raisin, Esther Freud and Salena Godden. The event has been organised to raise money for First Story, a charity which works to try to foster literacy […]
Continue ReadingThe rogue swimmer who sabotaged this year’s annual Oxbridge boat race has been found guilty of causing a public nuisance. Trenton Oldfield, 36, yesterday pleaded not-guilty to charges having forced the 158th annual race to be restarted. Oldfield, who was educated in Sydney before coming the UK to study at the London School of Economics, […]
Continue ReadingA black tie dinner held to mark the retirement of HMRC head Dave Hartnett held at New College on Thursday was interrupted after a group of protesters managed to gain entry to the hall and award him a “lifetime achievement award for corporate tax planning”. The group, who call themselves WeAreTheIntruders, entered the hall during Hartnett’s after-dinner speech. […]
Continue ReadingOUSU (Oxford University Student Union) president David J. Townsend released a statement today publicly condemning the actions of the government in forcing the entire body of London Metropolitan University’s overseas students to find alternative educational establishments under threat of deportation. Townsend stated that the “sudden decision punishes legitimate students for no wrongdoing of their own. Condemning thousands of on-course students … to immediately switch universities […]
Continue ReadingOur pseudonymous bluestocking sexplorers consider the ups and downs of putting things up your bum. When engaging in anal sex it is vital to remember the inescapable role played by the excretory opening of the digestive system. In other words there will be poo. So, if you are anal about cleanliness, anal sex may not be […]
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