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Why We Need to be Talking About Love Languages For the longest time I was unaware that love languages were a thing, or that they had such an impact on our relationships - both romantic or otherwise. I remember when I first heard of them, listening to a podcast called Hey Bitch! (now renamed Big Mood ) when one of the hosts started talking about how her love language was “acts of service.” I had no idea what she meant, it sounded like she wanted her husband to wait on her hand and foot? I was confused.  After a brief Google and some reading about this theory of relationships I discovered that there are five different types of love languages, that is, the way we express love and the way we want to be shown it. Suddenly everything made sense! I now understood why I broke up with my Year-7 boyfriend on Valentines Day when he didn't buy me the plastic rose my school was selling, or why I would get so angry when someone I cared for didn’t communicate how they felt, but w...

What Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle Teaches us about Sex First of all, that no one has any self restraint. The first rule was broken within three hours. But on a larger scale it teaches us so much more. Netflix’s hit new TV show is the love child of Love is Blind and Love Island, but on steroids. The contestants - all of whom are models taken straight from your Instagram feed - are thrust into a villa and told that in order to develop deeper connections amongst each other they are forbidden from engaging in any sexual activity. The consequence of such would see money deducted from the prize pot- beginning at £100,000 - and slowly reducing with every kiss. If you think it sounds easy then you’d be surprised. There’s nothing that attractive adults won’t do once they’re supplied with alcohol and various challenges designed to test their will. A lot of people have rolled their eyes at the premise of the TV show. They think it’s just an excuse for a bunch of nymphomaniacs to g...