Young Love
I Thought I Could Rewrite My Love Story By Getting Gifts on Valentine's Day
"This missing gift seemed to prove that our relationship was never going to look like the love stories I’d seen in movies and on television"
5 People Give Dating Advice to Their Younger Selves
We asked Gulshan Devaiah, Pavleen Gujral, Elton Fernandez, Karuna Reddy and Manasi Scott to share all the love life lessons they’d give themselves if they could go back in time.
Rejected Teen Accused of Planting Bomb Under His Ex-Girlfriend's Bed
The 18-year-old allegedly loaded a pressure cooker with nuts, bolts, and makeshift gunpowder, but it failed to detonate.
Powerful Portraits Juxtapose Young Love and Urban Sorrow
The spark of young love materializes as bursts of color in Pierre Baëlen's searing urban portraits.
How Coming Out as Trans Affects a Relationship
Four months ago, while on vacation, Anja returned to her room to find her boyfriend, Tim, trying on her underwear. "Would you still be together with me if I were a girl?" he asked.
Why You Should Never Try to Hide a Runaway Florida Teen in Your Dorm Room
A story of young love, speed, punk rock festivals, low-level crime, and Gainesville.
I'm Trying to Be a Bisexual, But I'm Failing Miserably
I've always been attracted to women, and felt mostly homosexual. But if I was born this way, why am I so bad at it?
How I Got Over My Youth of Depression and Bad Relationships
Looking back on my teenaged life of shame and self-inflicted wounds.
Giving Handjobs for Money Is My Least Favorite Kind of Sex Work
I have been a sex worker for about seven years, but I recently turned 31, which means I'm a senior citizen in sex worker years, so last fall when a friend invited me to work at a handjob salon, I figured, I'll try my hand at that!
The Hangover News
Europe narrowly avoided economic meltdown this weekend, but you were too hungover to notice.
Too Old to Fight It
If you’re a “songwriter” or “producer” and don’t live in LA, chances are you’re also a barista or a waiter or, if you have business sense, a drug dealer. And there’s nothing wrong with that.