Boshemia designer and contributor Lauren Elizabeth, who lived in France for close to seven years, reacts to Emily in Paris.

I’m sure that once, not so long ago, this green grow-pot was the perfect size and shape and fit for those poor roots. It’s nobody’s fault – plants grow. This one was just long overdue.

According to NHS statistics, 1 in 10 men of all ages will suffer from a sexual health problem throughout their life, such as Erectile Dysfunction (ED). ED affects 50% of men over the age of 40, a huge figure; yet it remains one of the most taboo subjects in society.

Boshemia designer and contributor Lauren Elizabeth reckons with America on the 4th of July in the wake of personal and collective loss.

At the beginning of tiptoeing through a collapsing, ghost town, society, I was both ashamed and confused by the immediate relief and freedom I felt as soon as lockdown peaked. How could I ever admit that within waves of death, I had become alive?

Some pick at their faces mindlessly, but I know I am using it to cope with depressive episodes and issues of anxiety in many forms that I have been avoiding for years.

E spoke with four women about their experiences of the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.

From hookups gone awry to brunch with a polycule, the staff writers at Boshemia share their best and worst dating experiences.

Here’s how you survive those two to four days at a academic conference, especially as a woman, a femme, or a queer person. 

When did you know you[r professors] were queer?

You’re never going to get a racist on TV, own them, and change their minds. You’re never going to persuade people that racism is, in fact, bad by tweeting a solid burn. Save your outrage, it doesn’t work. Don’t tweet about them, don’t click articles about them, don’t watch videos where they’re spewing their bile, just ignore them.

Not every trans person is, wants to be, or has to be a beacon of visibility or activism. Nikkie, just like most, just wants to live in the right identity, quietly and unremarked for it. Trans people don’t owe anybody anything; not explanations, not knowledge, nothing.

Columnist Emily Blair brings you her hottest takes on queer identity in 2019.

With the false veil of oppression starkly lifted by our parents’ easy love and acceptance, I am forced to confront my perceived identity as a marginalized person.

Millennials are burnt out, in shitty underpaid jobs and many of us still trying to crawl out of generational poverty. Here are some straight-up useful resources for those who are short on cash.

There is still a stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS that is accepted and shared widely in the general public. The lack of education and awareness on this means that our modern society remains a toxic place for people who are HIV positive.

There’s no doubt that rejection is painful. We can all recall the desolation of unrequited love, but why are we so accepting of men who refuse to accept that the end is really the end? 

For Peak Wedding Season, we present you a brief guide on some basic Do’s and Don’ts to help you get through someone else’s big day.

Are you feeling blue now that the end of Pride month is upon us? Well don’t pack up your rainbows just yet! Boshemia’s Staff and contributors got together to discuss the ways we keep the spirit of Pride alive all year long. Here’s some of our thoughts.

We are now reachable whether we are in the office or not, on holiday or not. The workplace is now portable, and it goes wherever we take it.