Love (Emotion)

June 25, 2021

Why Won’t Anyone Help Me in This Sex Shop?

At 83, and legally blind, I could use some assistance. I didn’t see what the problem was. I’m a perfectly respectable woman who knows what she […]
June 23, 2021

Modern Love Podcast: The Right to Fail at Marriage

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “I fought for our space and our rights alongside so many others, and in the end, […]
June 22, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Brave Enough to Unearth What’s Buried’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Only Looking at You We met in the South at a Starbucks, where […]
June 18, 2021

Where Are All the Wild Things, Daddy?

A father worries that his favorite children’s books promise his daughter a vibrant natural world that will no longer exist. Once upon a time, in the […]
June 15, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Never Forget Me’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Marching in Solidarity Black ink streaked Renny’s soggy poster, blurring the letters in […]
June 12, 2021

Summer of Love, 2021, in New York

Brighter days: taking in an early sunset in Washington Square Park.Daniel Arnold for The New York Times This is the Summer the Youth Own New York […]
June 11, 2021

He Made Affection Feel Simple

Dating as a transgender woman, in my experience, meant low expectations and casual sex. Then I met Jack. My bio on Grindr read: “Be trans friendly. […]
June 8, 2021

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Two Days Later, He Moved Into My Loft’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Ready to Hug Me Orphaned at 13, I thought about how I would […]
June 4, 2021

Oh, Dewey, Where Would You Put Me?

A librarian who identifies as queer wrestles with our tendency to classify both books and people. As a librarian who has dated both men and women, […]
June 2, 2021

Modern Love Podcast: Catfished and Trapped in a Romance Scam

Listen and follow Modern LoveApple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher “My photos were circulating all over, creating new personas: a Chicago stockbroker, an Oregon park ranger, […]