Remember Whiskey Wednesdays? When we’d stay up too late for a work night, drinking alcohol we could barely swallow in an attempt to look cool? Even though it was just us at your place. The truth is that whiskey goes down smoother but it doesn’t have the same kick it…

It won’t be a day that starts out remarkable. It’ll be raining and I’ll dip into that local coffee shop near my place. I’ll be scrolling through my phone. Then the barista calls your name and my heart momentarily leaps into my throat. Except your name is so common it…

My mother has always told me that I have a gift that not many people have; the ability to love people no matter what. I’ve never seen it as a gift but more as just a part of me. If I can give love to the people who feel broken…

Love is supposed to be patient — Instant gratification. Modern dating and instant gratification go hand and hand. And I’d love to sit here and tell you that I’m an exception to the rule. Fuck getting to know someone when I can have what I want from them in 10 minutes. I don’t want to know your…

This debut author’s story The Company Daughters will leave you breathless — English professor, Samantha Rajaram, is changing the writing world by creating pieces about events in history and how they affect marginalized people. Her debut novel The Company Daughters will leave readers wanting more. Who are you? Samantha Rajaram — I’m an English professor at Chabot College in Hayward, CA and I’m based in…

Your name is still the one I hover over any time I get good or bad news. Your name is still the one that comes to mind the second I’m excited about something. You’re the person I think want to talk to when things are just not making sense anymore. …

Even if it doesn’t feel like it right now — There’s a moment when it’s over where you just stand in the aftershocks of a broken relationship. You can ricochet from the first initial blast, but the rippling waves of pain that continue to flow through you will bring you to your knees. The problem with the aftershocks is it…

Inspiration is something that can come in a variety of different ways. Sometimes it’s a playlist. Sometimes some other writer’s article. Sometimes it’s even the weather. But for me, it was you who made me feel inspired again. My heart may have been frozen solid for the last few years…

Being a hopeless romantic in the modern age has taught me a lot of lessons all about love. — Is there ever a point in our lives where we should give up on love? Where we should throw in the towel and just be content with not finding another person to let into our hearts? I don’t think so. I don’t think that we should ever look at life…