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Languages Of Love

When it comes to displaying affection, there are five dialects—words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, receiving gifts and physical touch. Although they are different, they all translate to one distinct feeling —love. We each have a native language—which one is yours? ...

When it comes to displaying affection, there are five dialects—words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, ...

Valentine’s Day Is For Everyone

We all know how it feels to be bombarded by a cute couple on TikTok that makes you reflect on your single life. Almost a year into the pandemic now, Valentine’s Day loneliness has intensified to another level in 2021. Nevertheless, whether you’re laying by your boo or binging the...

We all know how it feels to be bombarded by a cute couple on TikTok that makes you reflect on your single life. Almost&...

The Naked Truth: Interplay Between Relationships, Love & Hookups

It’s been two years since I left my country and family to pursue my dreams of becoming a physician. I struggled adapting financially, academically and socially in the initial stages. I guess that was a given considering my whole life was uprooted and I had to relay my foundations. To...

It’s been two years since I left my country and family to pursue my dreams of becoming a physician. I struggled adapt...

Deep Dive: Street Life, High Stakes & Cheap Thrills

Welcome to Distraction’s second Deep Dive! It’s time to introduce this week’s selection of tales centered on street life. High stakes and cheap thrills are major motives of these works, as their characters bounce about by impulses of fear and joy. These four capitalize on thrills o...

Welcome to Distraction’s second Deep Dive! It’s time to introduce this week’s selection of tales centered on str...

Deep Dive: Empowerment & Pride

Welcome to the inaugural entry of Distraction’s Deep Dive, a weekly, introductory column of diverse filmic content authored by an aspiring cinephile. Devour my public journal to discover and rediscover some of the most mind-bending, thought-provoking and evocative motion pictures out t...

Welcome to the inaugural entry of Distraction’s Deep Dive, a weekly, introductory column of diverse filmic content a...

“Obnoxiously Fucking Gay”

During my childhood, I made a pact with myself that I would exist in a vertical casket until the day I was six feet under. Never once did I consider wholly living for myself; instead, I accepted existing in a way that was most comfortable for others. Memories of youth that should be fille...

During my childhood, I made a pact with myself that I would exist in a vertical casket until the day I was six feet und...

I do, but not yet, if ever

Not everybody wants a Valentine, not yet anyway. Marriage and the desire to get married continues to be influenced by changing socioeconomic and cultural factors. Increasingly, young, educated adults are pushing back marriage dates and questioning what marriage even is.   College,...