Simone Paget
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SEX FILES: Love isn't blind but chemistry might be
Last night, I hunkered down with a bowl of popcorn to watch the latest season of Love is Blind. The show which, at the time of writing is the third most popular show on Netflix in Canada, started as a fun distraction during the Covid times – a fun way to pass the time between doom scrolling, grocery deliveries, and running to the store to get more hand sanitizer. However, it’s since become a cultural phenomenon and a cornerstone of Netflix’s seemingly never-ending conveyor belt of (often absurd) reality dating shows.

SEX FILES: Unlocking the secrets to fighting fair in relationships
When I first moved in with my ex-partner, we bickered relentlessly about his couch. We’d combined households, which meant that we had two of everything. Neither of us wanted to give up the mismatched sofas we’d brought into the relationship – his bright red upholstery, my black leather – so they sat in our living room, facing each other in an absurd furniture standoff.

SEX FILES: Navigating the 'grey' areas of midlife divorce
When my friend Joni reached her mid-40s she had a startling realization about her marriage. She and her husband were living separate lives under the same roof. This was punctuated by the fact that they hadn’t had sex in years. With their only child preparing to attend university, they realized it no longer made sense to stay married to each other.
