Tag: Romance
Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
Shannon McHugh, UMass Boston
As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never goes out of...
Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it...
David Albertson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves...
Three lessons from Aristotle on friendship
Emily Katz, Michigan State University
While most love songs are inspired by the joys and heartaches of romantic relationships,...
Social media always remembers – which makes moving on from a...
Kate G. Blackburn, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts; Leah E. LeFebvre, University of Alabama, and Nick Brody,...
Why some women are traveling to South Korea to find boyfriends
Min Joo Lee, Wellesley College
For my entire life I’ve obsessively watched South Korean television dramas, or K-dramas.
Valentine’s Day: the pressures of shopping for romance
Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Anglia Ruskin University
For many couples, Valentine’s Day is crunch time. Research has shown that romantic relationships...
Why do couples use baby talk with one another?
Ramesh Kaipa, Oklahoma State University
Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over...
Single on Valentine’s Day and happily so
Elizabeth Brake, Rice University
In this pandemic year, many Americans are focused on how to have a socially distanced...