Author: Emily Warner

  • The History of Heartbreak: Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

    The History of Heartbreak: Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

    We delve into the tender, all-consuming, and sometimes scandalous lesbian romance between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. These two great minds met in 1922 – an aristocratic socialite and a literary legend. The result was a magnificent paper trail filled with love, longing, and saucy titbits which fly in the…

  • Swap your ex for Spandex

    Swap your ex for Spandex

    Whether attending Tinder’s run club for singles or pounding the pavements solo, hordes of the heartbroken are replacing joggers for jogging – here’s why you should, too.  We’ve all seen that guy, pounding out his frustrations on a treadmill and weeping over a new pair of Hoka shoes. Or met…

  • Why every romantasy couple should probably break up

    Why every romantasy couple should probably break up

    Whether they regularly hold a blade to each other’s throat, or have jealous spats in every other chapter, here’s why the fictional couples in romantasy novels might not cut it in the real world

  • Queer breakups hit harder than straight ones

    Queer breakups hit harder than straight ones

    With years of delayed self-discovery, a smaller dating pool and the weight of social expectations, queer breakups can feel particularly heavy I was 12 when I had my first crush on a woman, too young to really understand how I felt. It took another five years – and an eye-opening…