Shanai Tanwar

Hopefully I’ve gotten my audience right over Love Nest’s year-long life, because I have some good news for you simps! UBC is hosting its very own version of The Bachelorette, and literally anyone can enter.

Since you’re reading this, I’m going to assume that you, at least to some degree, identify as a romantic. The problem for romantics like us is that we are often labelled cliché. Rightfully so, too — when you’re in love, everything feels like it’s out of a fairytale, every moment is a tableau and every word is poetry.

It’s sweaty and full of bodily fluids. It’s dark, humid and has the scent of something that died a few days ago. It’s full of all kinds of hair and other unmentionables… it’s the Pit on a Wednesday evening.

I’ve recently found somebody who is willing to deal with my insanity all the time — voluntarily (I have a boyfriend)! So, now that I have field experience with showing him around campus, I knew I had to list some verified PDA-hotspots for you love birds to nest in too.

In the latest Love Nest, Shanai Tanwar explores sex toys, self-intimacy and the (not-so) secret sex shop on campus.

In the latest Love Nest, Shanai Tanwar explores sex toys, self-intimacy and the (not-so) secret sex shop on campus.

Until recently, UBC students have found themselves struggling to give a genuine fuck about this specific piece of news. They don’t know much about the bureaucratic systems that create and regulate the institution they find themselves in.

The unspeakable has happened. In an ill-fated Facebook post earlier this week, UBC Confessions announced that it would officially be closing its doors and ending this chapter in the university’s history.

What if I told you that being ghosted/dumped/breadcrumbed/cheated on by a fuckboy could be explained by something greater than us? Wouldn’t it change the name of the game a little bit if at least some, if not all, fuckboy behaviours could be explained in some capacity?

In her latest for, Love Nest, Shanai Tanwar explores the third date curse with UBC sociology lecturer, Dr. Anna Dawczyk.

In her latest for, Love Nest, Shanai Tanwar explores the third date curse with UBC sociology lecturer, Dr. Anna Dawczyk.

I want this to be something you look forward to reading once a week not just for the tea, but also because sometimes you just need to feel like you’re in good company — and you will be!

Stanley Park’s infamous Good Boys have traveled all the way out to the coast to meet us.

When I heard about the QUEER Coded: Slam + Spoken Word event, which was hosted at the MOA's Haida House, I knew I had to attend.

When it comes to artwork, all good (and bad) things come in abundance on this campus. I’ll share my thoughts on just a few of them.

March marked International Women’s Month which celebrated women’s achievements while calling our attention to a greater need for women’s safety worldwide.

The Cloud Innovation Centre collaboration, originally announced on July 10, 2019, received pushback at the time from students and faculty who expressed concerns about Amazon’s track record.

While copper is a known antibacterial agent, experts raised concern over the masks structure and price point.

The Hatch's first virtual exhibition, the gallery made their debut into the world of mobile galleries.

Most of the popular discourse surrounding the climate crisis comes from the media giants and colonial interests whose we’ve always heard from, but do those conversations sound different from people of different marginalized groups?