Category: English
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Lavender Marriage From A Superficial View
Lavandula (more commonly known as Lavender) is a genus of 47 species of flowering plants. Besides being an aromatic plant, it has notable characteristics which are beneficial to health. But did you know lavender has an exceptional place in the gay community? The relevant concept is known as “Lavender Marriage”. Lavender marriages are sometimes called
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Heartily Yours
Dear heart, I believe this letter is going to find you well. There’s no other option open for you since I have been taking care of you so much. By the way, don’t you feel naked these days as you don’t get to see the fence around yourself anymore? I wonder if you miss the
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“Do all lovers feel they’re inventing something?”— Portrait of a Lady on Fire Review
Written by Veritas Marianne (Noémie Merlant) sits straight in front of her class as her students look at an old painting of hers. The film flashes back years as she tells us its title: Portrait de la jeune fille en feu. On an isolated island in eighteenth-century France, Héloïse (Adèle Haenel) is set to be
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Tell Them, It’s Just Another Fiction
Dear Humanity, Hope this letter finds you in good health. Though I have learnt, you have aged a lot and have been battling with the rotten cells on your body for quite a long time. I will pray to the Almighty that They might take pity on your dying condition and free you from this
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My Reflections – Chapter 1: Coming Out
In retrospect, I always knew I was queer, different than others, something that I have to hide from everybody around me. Then why did I first come out when I was 21, not sooner? Why did it never occur to me that there are people who I can trust with my big secret? Perhaps I
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The Three-Year Itch
Written by Buttertoes The first moments of a relationship can only be described as intense. As days go by, you start breaking your firsts – the first date, the first kiss, the first birthday, and the first anniversary. Then the first argument hits and it hurts like the time you hurt your little toe on
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When Hermes Sighed
Written by- Nafisa i was your beloved, i was your peace i was the Penelope to your Ulysses the Ariadne to your Theseus the Achilles to your Patroclus i was your little dove your belle, your lady, your love for i’d begged to none but Zeus to be your one and only muse but alas,
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A Happy Coming Out Story
I’m a 19 year-old gay woman. This is a coming-out story. From last year to now, I’ve come out to all of my 5 friends. Starting from my only male friend, when I told him that I don’t like boys… he was like, oh that’s cool, at least we have something in common. We both
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The Girl in the Middle of a Blooming Flower
Written by Roshni Rahman Snigdha I don’t remember how it started. Was it the way she laughed, the way she cried? Or was it the way she hurt me when she ran away to her “better friends” everyday, leaving me alone to eat my lunch from my tiffin box in a desolate corner of the
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Peach
Written by L • I like Peaches • You can’t • I like the taste • You are supposed to only like Jackfruits • But I like Peaches, and sometimes Watermelon too. In fact, even thinking about Jack fruit makes me want to throw up. • That’s our national
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