Serena Smith

Leeds

Columnist at Prospect Magazine

Deputy Editor at Dazed Magazine

Deputy Editor at Dazed Media

deputy editor @dazed [email protected] / [email protected]

Articles

Virgin Island: How does sex surrogate therapy really work?

1 week ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

For several years now, a deluge of research has found that young people are having less sex; one recent study by UCL found that one in eight 26-year-olds are still virgins, a stark contrast to previous generations who were far more likely to have had sex by their mid-twenties.
Plus Size Boudoir Photography

1 week ago | medium.com | Serena Smith

Celebrate your unique beauty with plus size boudoir photography! Embrace self-love and confidence as you capture stunning images that highlight your curves and personality. Boudoir sessions provide a safe space to feel empowered, sexy, and comfortable in your own skin. Trust a skilled photographer to showcase your individuality through artful poses and lighting techniques. Let these photos be a reminder of the strength and beauty within you, regardless of size.
Alex Garland is directing an A24 Elden Ring adaptation

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

A24 has confirmed that Alex Garland will write and direct a live-action adaptation of popular video game Elden Ring in collaboration with Bandai Namco Entertainment. Peter Rice will produce the film alongside Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich from DNA, as well as George R R Martin and Vince Gerardis. Garland is no stranger to working with A24: he released his debut feature, Ex Machina, with the entertainment company, as well as subsequent films Men, Civil War, and most recently, Warfare.
Alex Garland is directing an A24 Elden Ring adaptation

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Serena Smith

13 hours agoThe British actor tells Esquire about playing Human Torch in Marvel Studios' summer blockbuster before bringing his firepower to Avengers: Doomsday and Sam Mendes' The Beatles quadrilogy While filming Warfare — Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s relentless account of US Navy Seals on a mission in Iraq, …
US students are hunger striking for Palestine

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

18 Images When I speak to Iman Deriche, she hasn’t eaten in five days. “There are some moments of fatigue,” she says. “But I’m doing well.”The 21-year-old Stanford University student is one of 24 students and three faculty members who are taking part in a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Young Brits could soon ‘work and travel freely’ in Europe again

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

On Monday (May 20), the UK and the European Union reached a new deal which aims to ‘reset’ their relationship post-Brexit. As part of the deal, both the UK and EU have agreed to co-operate on a “youth experience scheme”, which could enable people aged between 18 and 30 “to work and travel freely in Europe again”.
‘Swipe left if you’re under 6ft’: Why are we so obsessed with height?

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

As any straight woman will tell you, it’s not unusual to see some version of “6’1”, if it matters” in men’s dating app bios. The phrase has become something of a cliché, with offenders often ridiculed on social media for being so prickly about their height. But in fairness, these kinds of bios – while gratingly passive-aggressive in tone – are responding to an undoubtedly real phenomenon where growing numbers of women are seeking men of above average height.
Femcels: Meet the young women struggling to find love

4 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

When you think of an ‘incel’, what springs to mind? A scrawny Reddit addict with a nonexistent jawline? A “grown white man in his underwear in Mommy’s basement”? Perhaps Owen Cooper, starring as fictional teenage killer Jamie Miller in Netflix’s hit show Adolescence? Whatever you imagine, it’s unlikely you think of a woman.
You’ll soon need to show your ID to watch porn in the UK

1 month ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

A version of this article was originally published on January 16 2023Regulator Ofcom has issued new guidance under the Online Safety Act (OSA) which states that all websites which host pornographic material (including social media platforms) must introduce ‘robust’ age-checking techniques, such as checking photo ID by July 25. The regulator has now sent out a letter to hundreds of platforms which host pornographic content.
The problem with the ‘offline’ dating renaissance

1 month ago | dazeddigital.com | Serena Smith

Everybody knows that everybody hates dating apps. It was no surprise when late last year Ofcom reported that the UK’s top dating apps had seen a dip in use since 2023, with Tinder losing 600,000 users, Hinge 131,000, and Bumble 368,000, with analysts attributing the decline to young people forgoing online dating.