The winner of this year’s Modern Love college essay contest explores the comforts and limits of online connection.
After two long-term girlfriends broke up with me by coming out, I realized that the straight and narrow life — as I was living it — wasn’t much fun.
Fearing judgment of her interracial relationship and mixed-race child, a woman keeps both from her family. Until she doesn’t.
Feeling grateful and able, I donated a kidney to a stranger. The only problem: I made the decision on my own.
Purging my possessions — and some anatomy — revealed what I treasured most.
This year’s Modern Love college essay contest expands by going small. We’re seeking all the (tiny) love that’s fit to print.
When it comes to dating, I’d rather not think about race. But that’s been hard to avoid.
After a breakup, a woman wonders if traditional romance is a trap, and finds that the ordinary is the most romantic gesture of all.
They have a love story, but love is not the problem.
A woman discovers that understanding infidelity from within can be the key to forgiveness.