Thank you for Smoking
Disclaimer: I recently quit smoking so if I appear to be ranting and rambling incoherently at times, it is because I am thinking of things I can no longer have…like […]
Author Archives: strippedthemagazine
My Open, Lesbian, A-Sexual Relationship
In my life I was never able to maintain relationships. How could I? I’m emotionally unavailable and have enormous commitment problems. But how is it logical then that I’ve been […]
White Shirts and Red Socks or: Moving Out
Being 20 years of age and having started studying psychology at University last October, I took a rather small step for me but a big step for my parents: with […]
The curious case of the Hikikomori
As Japan’s birth rate, which has been increasingly falling for the last several years, fell to a record low in 2014, theories involving economic stagnation combined with societal reasons have […]
SLUT!
Whore. Bitch. Hoe. Cunt. Hussy. Hooker. Prostitute. Harlot. Slut. An immoral or dissolute woman. Obsolete. A dirty, slovenly woman. A female dog. A woman considered to be sexually promiscuous. Or simply a woman with the morals of a man. Who do you call a […]
Idioms of an Idiot
I always thought I’d never be caught dead watching Germany’s Next Topmodel but such is life that I’ve gone the whole 9 yards and followed this season from the start. […]
For Free or for Nothing
A Waldorf-Kindergarten somewhere in Iceland, the UEFA European Football Championships, the Cabuwazi Circus in Berlin and, last but not least, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) that will take place in […]
Fearing Nothing
Imagine that feeling of dread that crawls over your body when you find yourself in a scary situation. Imagine the hairs on your arm raise, your pupils dilating, your heart […]
Experience Required
Why is the first thing we check while waiting for the train our beloved Facebook App? Why do we enjoy scrolling through hundreds of thousands of 140-character-posts or green smoothie […]
Holla for a Dollar
I would like to introduce me and my column with something that I think describes the essence of my life and initially my articles. So I will kick things off […]
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