Love (Emotion)

June 10, 2022

Singleness Is Not a Stigma

It’s time we stop privileging romantic connections over all others. In Yoruba, my native language where I grew up in Nigeria, my first name means “love,” […]
June 9, 2022

Logan Ury Says You’re Dating All Wrong

From her Oakland commune, a dating coach has made a big business out of her data-driven approach to modern romance. OAKLAND, Calif. — In the backyard […]
June 7, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Joy Waits for No One’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. To Care and Carry I checked the time as we neared the airport, […]
June 3, 2022

Not Every Breakup Is About Being Broken

She was everything I needed — until, with her love, my needs changed. I was dying the morning I met Sarah. I ordered a latte from […]
June 3, 2022

Not Every Breakup Is About Being Broken

She was everything I needed — until, with her love, my needs changed. I was dying the morning I met Sarah. I ordered a latte from […]
May 31, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Was 20 and He Was 60’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. His Hand on My Thigh “Do you hear it?” the midwife asked. Holding […]
May 28, 2022

Dejé de ser hija de mi madre

A veces me pregunto si mi mamá sintió que mi mastectomía de confirmación de género era una crítica dirigida a ella y a su cuerpo, un […]
May 27, 2022

May We Please Just Date Without Hate?

An Asian American college couple tries to let their young love bloom, but racist incidents keep disrupting their honeymoon phase. There’s a picture of us meeting […]
May 24, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Never Call Me Anymore’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Sweet and Sour August, 1990. Walking along the Northern Ireland coast, we pass […]
May 20, 2022

No Longer My Mother’s Daughter

“I am transmasculine, which is to say I understand my body even less than I understand my mother.” I recently found a journal entry I wrote […]