Arielle Domb
@arielledomb.bsky.social
Journalist @ The New York Times, The Guardian, New Statesman, VICE, Vogue etc
https://laidbare.substack.com
arielleyasmindomb@gmail.com
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Arielle Domb
@arielledomb.bsky.social
· Mar 5
Two girls fell in love at a camp for ‘troubled teens’ and made an audacious escape. Their captors weren’t far behind
Cassia and Ashley felt ‘dehumanized’ at the Re-Creation Retreat in Arizona, one of the many teen rehab facilities across the US. They knew they had to get out – but staff came after them
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For the past year, I’ve been reporting on Re-Creation Retreat (RCR), a therapeutic treatment center for teenage girls with “behavioral problems” in Arizona. 🧵
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Last week the UK gov confirmed it would be banning choking scenes in porn — a move that has been described as progress by some and misguided censorship by others. I attempt to untangle this knotty topic in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
The choking porn ban is not enough
The government announced that it will prohibit "vile and dangerous" strangulation pornography
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November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last week the UK gov confirmed it would be banning choking scenes in porn — a move that has been described as progress by some and misguided censorship by others. I attempt to untangle this knotty topic in @newstatesman1913.bsky.social.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
I wrote about Black Venus' erotic wrestling battles that take place in a secret location in East London — and delved into the tender world of kink wrestling.
Read my article in Feeld's magazine, AFM 💪🏼👠🫦
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Read my article in Feeld's magazine, AFM 💪🏼👠🫦
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November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I wrote about Black Venus' erotic wrestling battles that take place in a secret location in East London — and delved into the tender world of kink wrestling.
Read my article in Feeld's magazine, AFM 💪🏼👠🫦
feeld.co/magazine/ple...
Read my article in Feeld's magazine, AFM 💪🏼👠🫦
feeld.co/magazine/ple...
Why does Andrew Tate think that straight sex can be gay? I investigate on my Substack.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Why does Andrew Tate think that straight sex can be gay? I investigate on my Substack.
laidbare.substack.com/p/is-sex-for...
laidbare.substack.com/p/is-sex-for...
I wrote about the far right’s love affair with deranged AI slop — and what it means for British politics for New Statesman.
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www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
The far right loves AI slop
Surreal imagery has been slipping into the British political consciousness. We should be wary
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November 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I wrote about the far right’s love affair with deranged AI slop — and what it means for British politics for New Statesman.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
For the past year, I’ve been interviewing men who took finasteride for hair loss and say they have experienced catastrophic side effects ever since: brain fog. Insomnia. Anxiety. Genital shrinking. Muscle weakness. Suicidal ideation. 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For the past year, I’ve been interviewing men who took finasteride for hair loss and say they have experienced catastrophic side effects ever since: brain fog. Insomnia. Anxiety. Genital shrinking. Muscle weakness. Suicidal ideation. 🧵
New substack on returning to New York and feeling crazy💌👁️👄👁️
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October 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
New substack on returning to New York and feeling crazy💌👁️👄👁️
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For The New Statesman: I wrote about the next stage of the vaping revolution… and how the industry seems to be deliberately appealing to children 🚬🍬🍭🍧
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Vape to save your pet
Smart vapes have made a game out of e-cigarettes
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October 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
For The New Statesman: I wrote about the next stage of the vaping revolution… and how the industry seems to be deliberately appealing to children 🚬🍬🍭🍧
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
In my first article for The New Statesman, I wrote about Labubu fever.. and what it tells us about ourselves and our social worlds. 🧵
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www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025...
Labubu and the infantilisation of the West
Why are Brits now unable to sleep without fluffy toys?
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September 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In my first article for The New Statesman, I wrote about Labubu fever.. and what it tells us about ourselves and our social worlds. 🧵
www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025...
Are Gen Z *actually* bad at partying?
I spoke to young adults about how they party in London to find out...
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I spoke to young adults about how they party in London to find out...
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Are Gen Z *actually* bad at partying?
The younger generation is back on the booze – but were Gen Z ever as boring as what headlines would have us believe?
www.timeout.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are Gen Z *actually* bad at partying?
I spoke to young adults about how they party in London to find out...
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
I spoke to young adults about how they party in London to find out...
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
"Performative males" have been the internet's laughing stock in recent weeks, leaving men who enjoy iced matchas, Labubus, tote bags and reading Joan Didion open to ridicule...
I spoke to men about what they made of the "performative male" trend.
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I spoke to men about what they made of the "performative male" trend.
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What men think about the performative male trope
As aspiring performative males fight it out in the capital this weekend, some men are fed up with the joke
standard.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Performative males" have been the internet's laughing stock in recent weeks, leaving men who enjoy iced matchas, Labubus, tote bags and reading Joan Didion open to ridicule...
I spoke to men about what they made of the "performative male" trend.
standard.co.uk/lifestyle/da...
I spoke to men about what they made of the "performative male" trend.
standard.co.uk/lifestyle/da...
NEW Substack: I interviewed New York City artist Lindsay Dye about the sticky, sensual pleasures of cake-sitting. We chatted about being a camgirl, anthropomorphic desserts & what colour cakes are a no-go for cake-sitting.
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The Sticky, Sensual Pleasures of Cake-Sitting
Where does cakesitting come from? Who started it? Why do people do it? And what about cake — specifically — is so sexy?
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August 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
NEW Substack: I interviewed New York City artist Lindsay Dye about the sticky, sensual pleasures of cake-sitting. We chatted about being a camgirl, anthropomorphic desserts & what colour cakes are a no-go for cake-sitting.
Subscribe for free! 💌🧁🍧🎀💋
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Just under a month since the Online Safety Act’s new age verification rules came into place, the number of people accessing p*rnography in the UK has decreased sharply.
But whether the numbers are indicative of progress depends on who you ask. 🧵
But whether the numbers are indicative of progress depends on who you ask. 🧵
August 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Just under a month since the Online Safety Act’s new age verification rules came into place, the number of people accessing p*rnography in the UK has decreased sharply.
But whether the numbers are indicative of progress depends on who you ask. 🧵
But whether the numbers are indicative of progress depends on who you ask. 🧵
Thank you to The Standard for my dream commission... I got single men who date women in London to give me the tea about their dating lives.
Do women really have the worse end of the stick, or is it just as hard for guys?
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Do women really have the worse end of the stick, or is it just as hard for guys?
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ge...
'Singles events are like a meat factory': What young men really think about dating
Male-scepticism is rife among straight female daters, with many women giving up on relationships entirely. But do they really have the worse end of the stick, or is it just as hard for guys? Arielle D...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Thank you to The Standard for my dream commission... I got single men who date women in London to give me the tea about their dating lives.
Do women really have the worse end of the stick, or is it just as hard for guys?
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ge...
Do women really have the worse end of the stick, or is it just as hard for guys?
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ge...
I wrote about the joys of late-night dining (and rewiring my relationship to my own appetite) for The Standard.
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Gen Z are eating dinner at 6pm — and it's because they're losers
During university I was loose about a lot of things (drinking, dating, washing my bed sheets). But when it came to dining, I was militant. If you were meeting me for lunch, we were eating supermarket ...
standard.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I wrote about the joys of late-night dining (and rewiring my relationship to my own appetite) for The Standard.
standard.co.uk/comment/gen-...
standard.co.uk/comment/gen-...
Nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of young men believe that it should be harder to access online p*rnography, up 11% from 2013.🧵
August 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of young men believe that it should be harder to access online p*rnography, up 11% from 2013.🧵
NEW substack about reporting on NYC subculture. Subscribe for free 💌
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July 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
NEW substack about reporting on NYC subculture. Subscribe for free 💌
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For Service 95 - I went to London’s messiest tea party… a sticky, sensual cake-sitting event where every performer was trans and non-binary.
Words and photos by me 🧁👄
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Words and photos by me 🧁👄
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July 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
For Service 95 - I went to London’s messiest tea party… a sticky, sensual cake-sitting event where every performer was trans and non-binary.
Words and photos by me 🧁👄
www.instagram.com/p/DMqZXeDx-p...
Words and photos by me 🧁👄
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I've started a Substack.
July 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I've started a Substack.
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New episode out! A couple are into CNC scenarios. But when he asked her to drug him, have her way with him and share him with her friends, it gave her pause.
On the Magnum, hear from @arielledomb.bsky.social, the writer who spent the evening in a Berlin sex doll hotel with "Techno Babe."
On the Magnum, hear from @arielledomb.bsky.social, the writer who spent the evening in a Berlin sex doll hotel with "Techno Babe."
July 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
New episode out! A couple are into CNC scenarios. But when he asked her to drug him, have her way with him and share him with her friends, it gave her pause.
On the Magnum, hear from @arielledomb.bsky.social, the writer who spent the evening in a Berlin sex doll hotel with "Techno Babe."
On the Magnum, hear from @arielledomb.bsky.social, the writer who spent the evening in a Berlin sex doll hotel with "Techno Babe."
Last August, I left my ex's flat in East London and moved back in with my parents at the other end of the Northern Line. 🧵
July 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Last August, I left my ex's flat in East London and moved back in with my parents at the other end of the Northern Line. 🧵
In my first article for VICE, I flew to Berlin to spend a night at Cybrothel, an AI sex doll brothel.
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My Awkward Night in an AI Sex Doll Brothel
Techno Babe isn’t like the other girls in Berlin. She lives in secret; her neighbors don't know she is there. And crucially, she isn't human.
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April 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In my first article for VICE, I flew to Berlin to spend a night at Cybrothel, an AI sex doll brothel.
www.vice.com/en/article/m...
www.vice.com/en/article/m...
I went to the London launch party of Lox Club, a 1920s-deli-inspired "Jew-ish" dating app.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...
Inside the Lox Club: is 'Jew-ish Raya' the answer to dating app fatigue?
With its offering of quirky in-person meet-ups — from gay Shabbat dinners to magic shows — can this popular US app transform the stale London dating landscape? Arielle Domb finds out
www.standard.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I went to the London launch party of Lox Club, a 1920s-deli-inspired "Jew-ish" dating app.
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lo...
For much of Western modern history, menopause has been regarded as a period of physical and psychological decline. But for some menstruating people, it can also be a beginning — the start of an exciting new life chapter. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
For much of Western modern history, menopause has been regarded as a period of physical and psychological decline. But for some menstruating people, it can also be a beginning — the start of an exciting new life chapter. 🧵
Last month, I traveled to Barcelona to meet the Swedish porn director Erika Lust, who, for the past 20+ years, has been creating porn that champions ethical working conditions, embracing sexual diversity and realistic depictions of female pleasure. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Last month, I traveled to Barcelona to meet the Swedish porn director Erika Lust, who, for the past 20+ years, has been creating porn that champions ethical working conditions, embracing sexual diversity and realistic depictions of female pleasure. 🧵