What do you picture when you read the words, Valentine’s Day date? Do you see a candlelit dinner? The tunnel of love? Wine tasting? An afternoon on a gondola? The…
My Life as a sex shop employee
A question I’m often asked when I say I’ve worked at a sex shop before is “What is it like?”—and it’s often a loaded question. It was an experience full…
The struggles and sorrows of pandemic sexuality
Stereotypically, college is known for partying, trying new things and hookup culture. But with students living the best years of their lives remotely and wandering the ghost town that is…
Love at the corner of ability and gender
“I don’t know where to start.” “Why don’t you just tell the story of my wrist dislocating?” That’s a story for later. To start, I want to say…
The history of romance in language
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you want to be sure you have a variety of ways to woo your valentine. Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian are five major…
Platonic love is deeply undervalued
“When culture is based on a dominator model, not only will it be violent, but it will frame all relationships as power struggles”—bell hooks From our first moments of…