Tag "Love"

Our Stories 26 Comments

I Dove Deep Into The Darkness To Find The Release I Needed

I feel like everyone has that one ex, a former love that holds some kind of overwhelming power over you. It makes almost everything they do around you at once

Opinion Pieces 3 Comments

AT WHAT POINT ARE THE HOMOPHOBIC HURTS OF FAMILY ENOUGH?

“I will love you till the day that I die,” Gabrielle Union’s Inez says to her son, Ellis (played by Jeremy Pope), the 25-year-old who’s just graduated from Marine boot

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What Wilfred Wills (Part 2)

Previously on What Wilfred Wills… * I smiled to myself as the events of the previous night began to unfurl in my head; I could remember being spooned against Wilfred’s

Editor's Desk 3 Comments

IN THE BUSINESS OF HEARTS

Earlier this year, I was casually dating someone – let’s call him X. It ended up not going anywhere, primarily because of the baggage he appeared to be carrying from

Our Stories 18 Comments

FIGURING OUT THIS THING CALLED LIFE

Jada Pinkett-Smith recently released a statement regarding the Oscar slap, during which she said: “The state of the world today, we need (Will and Chris). And we all actually need

Series (Non-Fiction) 18 Comments

DON’T CALL ME BIGGIE (Episode 4)

Previously on DON’T CALL ME BIGGIE… * Brother Ebenezer of the Most High! Mighty in Tenor and Powerful in Worship! Singer-songwriter walking out half-naked in the pastor’s house! I can’t

Series (Non-Fiction) 6 Comments

FOR AJ (Part 3)

Previously on FOR AJ… * Finally, AJ had replied. *insert sigh of relief* I sat where I was reading the WhatsApp text he sent after several weeks of being incommunicado

Fiction 9 Comments

I Hate Saturdays

You used to love Saturdays because of him. You loved the bustle and the quiet moments that the weekend brought. You loved the leisurely passion that you both woke up

Our Stories 27 Comments

IF THIS IS LOVE

His profile is blank, showing nothing but 39. I am having a bad Grindr day. When I send him “Hi”, he takes ages before he responds, and then we start

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KEEPING FAITH

My last semester in university was a roller coaster, but it turned out better than I thought it would be. At first, I wanted nothing more than to just graduate