Essential Love Lessons To Open Your Heart
Love lessons aren’t only about romantic entanglements but also the self-love that empowers us to be our best selves.
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Mending the Disconnect: Asian Adoptees During AAPI Heritage Month
Navigating identity can be hard for transracial adoptees. Take a look at different ways Asian adoptees can connect to their culture in AAPI Heritage Month.
Connecting the Pieces: Asian Adoptees Boldly Speak Their Truth
While many Asian adoptees relate to each other in some aspects, there’s nuance in the varied experiences that don’t often get to be voiced.
Penpalooza: Writing Letters to Strangers Eased My Lockdown Loneliness
The art of letter writing has managed to make one of the most isolating chapters of my life feel bright and full.
Connecting the Pieces: Transracial Adoptees Take Hold of Their Identity
Transracial adoptees are speaking out more about their connection to the term “identity” and what that means for them.
How a Text-Based Dating App is Bringing the Queer Community Together
What started as an Instagram page, with “personals” in the traditional newspaper ad format, is now an app which fosters community for queer folk in various ways — finding partners, friends, roommates, protest-buddies, work collaborations, and more.
How to Stay Connected to Your Loved Ones While Staying Apart
If you’re looking to get creative with your digital hangouts, here are some ways you can stay connected to your loved ones while social distancing.
Kiss Me through the Phone: Online Sex in the New Digital Era
COVID-19 means our lives are online more than ever before. We Zoom-call colleagues, practice virtual yoga, and laugh with friends on FaceTime. Our sex lives are not exempt from this digital shift.
What Does the A in LGBTQIA+ Stand For Again?
Making up a small percentage of the LGBTQIA+ community, asexuality is still misunderstood and underrepresented among other identities.
Valentine’s Day for the Lone Romantics
Whether or not it’s still edgy to finger-wag the plastic-packaged product of L-O-V-E, there’s a pocket of the population that fits in the sweet spot between two extremes. The Lone Romantics: The unattached yet unaffected; not searching or hoping, just absorbing and enjoying it all — and not just in it for the candy… for the most part.