Author: Emily Warner

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

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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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…