Dear Ethel | Issue 20

Posted 12:54pm Sunday 21st August 2016

Dear Ethel, One of my flatmates has been doing a lot of drugs recently and I don’t really like flatting with him anymore. I’m also really worried about him. He used to be really chill but not anymore. He’s got these new ‘friends’ that spend heaps of time at our place Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 18

Posted 1:46pm Sunday 7th August 2016

Dear Ethel, I am an international student and English is my second language. I am looking forward to meeting other gay people at Otago and making new friends, but I’m nervous about going to events on my own. Even though I was nervous I went to a group the other day and was very confused Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 17

Posted 12:56pm Sunday 31st July 2016

Dear Ethel, I’ve just finished a placement for my course and yesterday I found out that I have failed. I was being bullied by my supervisor the whole time and I think they deliberately failed me because they don’t like me. What can I do? I don’t want to have to repeat placement Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 16

Posted 12:00pm Sunday 24th July 2016

Dear Ethel, I’ve always been into girls but lately I’ve also found myself attracted to certain guys. Sometimes it feels like there is pressure to either be gay or straight, and I don’t know any other guy who is bisexual. Do bisexual men even exist? I don’t know where to go Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 15

Posted 12:19pm Sunday 17th July 2016

Dear Ethel, Two of my flatmates are being really awful to me. They turn the hot water off when I’m in the shower, they walk out of the room if I walk in. Yesterday they shoved me against the wall and said ‘sorry’ as if it was an accident. I started to cry and the two of them Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 14

Posted 11:52am Sunday 10th July 2016

Dear Ethel, I’ve just found out my mum is really sick, with possibly only a few months left. I want to drop out and be with her but she says she wants me to keep studying. Only I can’t focus and what if I have to go home during exam time? What can I do? -Tom   Dear Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 13

Posted 12:07pm Sunday 29th May 2016

Dear Ethel, I am a first year student, fresh out of high school. Our high school teachers never really talked about relationships and identities that weren’t heterosexual and neither did any adults in my family.  I’ve never dated anyone before but I feel like I might be Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 12

Posted 11:59am Sunday 22nd May 2016

Dear Ethel, My friend came to me upset the other day because she had an argument with her partner. My friend is transgender and she told me when her partner doesn’t get his way he hides her hormones and doesn’t like her going to LGBT+ groups on campus. She says that she loves him but Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 11

Posted 12:04pm Sunday 15th May 2016

Dear Ethel, I’m broke! How am I going to get through to the end of semester? I’ve been staying at uni all day to catch up with assignments but it’s so expensive to buy food on campus. I’ve been living off rice balls but soon it will be nothing. -From Hungry Harry Dear Read more...

Dear Ethel | Issue 10

Posted 12:36pm Sunday 8th May 2016

Dear Ethel, I’m going crazy! I signed up for a studio room until 31 December but I can’t stay that long. The place is awful and I can’t study here. The kitchen is always filthy and the common areas aren’t being cleaned even though we all pay for a cleaner as part of the Read more...