This column first appeared here in The Times on 7th August 2017: https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/health-and-sex/2017-08-07-what-youre-doing-wrong-in-the-sack/ THE TIMES SHE SAYS/HE SAYS – AUGUST 2017 THINGS YOU GET WRONG DURING SEX SHE SAYS – Paige Nick Well I know what women get wrong in general, but that’s easy, at one point I’d had more than nineteen consecutive first dates….
Ethical Porn – Sunday Times
This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 6th August 2017: https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2017-08-05-what-kind-of-wampnker-doesnt-care-about-ethics-in-porn/ Here is the uncut version: ETHICS IN PORN – PAIGE NICK Ethical porn, I doubt a bigger oxymoron exists. Given the heavy issues that have dogged the industry for decades, it’s a ticklish topic, and not sexy ticklish, the other more uncomfortable…
Bedside Manner – July ST
This column first appeared here, in the Sunday Times, on 30th July 2017 SUNDAY TIMES Bedside Manner – By Paige Nick I blame online dating for Trump and Zuma. Remember what a huge breakthrough online dating was when it first hit the scene in 1995? Before that we had to meet the old-fashioned way; out…
Waiter, there’s an iguana in my soup.
THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST – BUDAPEST – By Paige Nick SUNDAY TIMES TRAVEL SECTION 9 JULY 2017 I’m a terrible tourist. I do minimal research and generally travel to cities with no expectations, other than some vague postcard images or memories from TV or movies, filed in the back of my mind. And the knowledge that…
She Said/He Said July – Masterbation vs Missesbation
This month for our She Said/He Said column that appeared in The Times on 3rd July, Jason Mykl Snyman and I decided to write about masturbation from a She Said, He Said point of view. The Times ran out of space and had to cut the column in half, which would have been appropriate and…
She Said/He Said – June 2017 (one-night stands)
In the 12th of June edition of THE TIMES, Jason Mykl Snyman and I talk about the advantages of having a one night stand with a doctor, protection against unwanted pregnancy and the soundtrack to Jason undressing… ONE NIGHT STANDS – SHE SAYS: I used to be really brilliant at one-night stands. In fact the last date I…
June Conch – Sunday Times
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times on the 18th June 2017 THE CONCH – APRIL 2017 – PAIGE NICK UNPRESIDENTED Back in 2009, after guy number 7983 cheated on me, then dumped me, and then told me I was fat (like I hadn’t already noticed), I swore off men for ages (or at least…
Sex, lies and infographics (June)
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times Lifestyle on 4th June, 2017 SUNDAY TIMES CONCH – JUNE 2017 – By Paige Nick SEX, LIES AND INFOGRAPHICS You know what the Internet has almost more of than cats knocking glasses off tables? Sex surveys and infographics. We are obsessed with sex data. I think it’s…
She Said/He Said – Fantasies (May)
This first appeared in The Times on 8 May. Cover image shamelessly stolen from The Strange Brontides, Jason’s very funny blog. THE TIMES – SHE SAID/HE SAID – MAY 2017 – FANTASIES SHE SAID – By Paige Nick I’ve always had two theories about fantasies. The first is that with seven billion people on the…
She Said/He Said – Adultery
In the 10th of April edition of THE TIMES, that handsome devil, Jason Mykl Snyman and I talk about the why of cheating, heartbreak across the gender lines. SHE SAID/HE SAID ADULTERY – SHE SAYS: Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it, let’s do it, let’s fall in love, then let’s meet…