Love


[Image description: Happy couple relaxing on bed together.] Via Pexels
[Image description: Happy couple relaxing on bed together.] Via Pexels

Compulsory heterosexuality is yet another thing I had to unlearn from my youth

Theresa Personna
A transmasculine gender-nonconforming person and transfeminine non-binary person sleeping together in bed.
A transmasculine gender-nonconforming person and transfeminine non-binary person sleeping together in bed.

My first queer relationship made me confront my internalized biphobia

Amanda Justice
A woman lays on a bed reading a magazine.
A woman lays on a bed reading a magazine.

Don’t forget to advocate for yourself when it comes to your Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Kayla Webb
Two people look up at the night sky.
Two people look up at the night sky.

Here’s what a relationship with your opposite zodiac sign can look like

Supreeta Balasubramanian
Tessa and Hardin in the lake scene from the movie adaptation of After by Anna Todd
Tessa and Hardin in the lake scene from the movie adaptation of After by Anna Todd

YA books are guilty of glorifying and glamourizing toxic romantic relationships

Tilly Brogan
[image description: woman wearing face mask]
[image description: woman wearing face mask]

Face masks have evolved from a necessity to a fashion statement

Amanda Justice
Neon pink 'toilettes' sign
Neon pink 'toilettes' sign

It’s true, women really do hold in their pee to give themselves mini orgasms

Tilly Brogan
[Image description: An illustration of a woman on a laptop screen with the words "let's talk about sex" written above.] Illustration by Maheen Humayun
[Image description: An illustration of a woman on a laptop screen with the words "let's talk about sex" written above.] Illustration by Maheen Humayun

The conversations we have about sex can shift a generational taboo

Effie Machiavello
A mother holding her daughter up and rubbing noses.
A mother holding her daughter up and rubbing noses.

My mother hates Mother’s Day because she never felt loved growing up

Neha Merchant
[Image description: An illustration of an iPad reading "fanfiction.net" along with line art drawings of bodies in the background.] Illustration by Maheen Humayun
[Image description: An illustration of an iPad reading "fanfiction.net" along with line art drawings of bodies in the background.] Illustration by Maheen Humayun

I learned about sex through fanfiction, and it’s a bit questionable

Anonymous
Woman holds up a phone with the Tinder app open.
Woman holds up a phone with the Tinder app open.

To the women who bravely share their online dating experiences

Tanatswa Chivhere
A girl sitting under a white duvet on a bed.
A girl sitting under a white duvet on a bed.

It’s hard to feel valid as an asexual who doesn’t hate sex

Neha Merchant