Madeleine Holden
Madeleine Holden is a lawyer and freelance writer based between Berlin and New Zealand. She writes about relationships, sex, gender and whatever the hell else she feels like for MEL.
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Why Some Queer Women Frame Sex With Men as Self-Harm
Thanks to a viral Reddit document called ‘AM I A LESBIAN,’ many women are seeing dissociative, self-destructive hetero hookups in a new light
Why Zoomers Are Obsessed With Cottagecore
The young and hip obsess over the fantasy of a simple domestic life in a rural town. Is it a protest of capitalism? A return to old, problematic traditions? Or are we all freaking out over nothing?
The Lonely, Pixelated Hell of Networking During the Pandemic
Is the goal to ‘remain connected’ to co-workers (and potential co-workers), or just more rise-and-grind bullshit that curtails our free time even further?