Love http://www.hercampus.com/taxonomy/term/3/all en What Does "Queer" Mean? Queer 101: Labels, Explanations, Identifications http://www.hercampus.com/love/what-does-queer-mean-queer-101-labels-explanations-identifications <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/what-does-queer-mean-queer-101-labels-explanations-identifications" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/tumblr_lotuspWeg41qjnvkwo1_500.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="500" height="341" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p> <strong>What Is Queer?<br /> <img alt="" src="http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l543/hercampusphoto/Concepts and Emotions/Network and group dynamics/15827d15.jpg" style="width: 260px; height: 400px; " /></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/what-does-queer-mean-queer-101-labels-explanations-identifications" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/what-does-queer-mean-queer-101-labels-explanations-identifications#comments Love Vanessa Friedman relationships Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:50:50 +0000 Vanessa Friedman 586 at http://www.hercampus.com 5 Ways To Get a Valentine's Day Date http://www.hercampus.com/love/5-ways-get-valentines-day-date <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/5-ways-get-valentines-day-date" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/956484402.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="420" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Is there anything <em>more</em> frustrating than knowing who you&rsquo;d like your Valentine to be but not knowing how to snag the date? No matter how many hints you drop, some guys can remain totally clueless. This year, instead of imagining what it would be like if you were out celebrating with your crush, <strong>take matters into your hands</strong>. Here are 5 ways to do it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/5-ways-get-valentines-day-date" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/5-ways-get-valentines-day-date#comments Love Michelle King valentine’s day Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000 Michelle King 47042 at http://www.hercampus.com "I have two boyfriends:" How one collegiette™ dated two boys for over four months, without getting caught http://www.hercampus.com/love/i-have-two-boyfriends-how-one-collegiette%E2%84%A2-dated-two-boys-over-four-months-without-getting-caug <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/i-have-two-boyfriends-how-one-collegiette%E2%84%A2-dated-two-boys-over-four-months-without-getting-caug" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/girlandboys.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="500" height="278" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Alice* has been a friend of mine for years. Everyone has their stories of adventures and mistakes, but Alice has one of the most unusual stories I&rsquo;ve ever heard: from November to March of her junior year of college, <strong>Alice was in two serious and committed relationships</strong>, one long-distance (Max*), the other at her college (David*).<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/i-have-two-boyfriends-how-one-collegiette%E2%84%A2-dated-two-boys-over-four-months-without-getting-caug" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/i-have-two-boyfriends-how-one-collegiette%E2%84%A2-dated-two-boys-over-four-months-without-getting-caug#comments Love Abigail Howard cheating personal stories relationships Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:27 +0000 Abigail Howard 11601 at http://www.hercampus.com The College Relationship Timeline http://www.hercampus.com/love/college-relationship-timeline <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/college-relationship-timeline" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/lrg-2427-happy_couple.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="401" height="299" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Do you remember that first boyfriend of yours in middle or high-school? You met him in a big group of friends, he got your number, and started texting and calling you. Soon rumors started swirling that he was going to ask you out. He finally worked up the courage to say those five words: Will. You. Be. My. Girlfriend?</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/college-relationship-timeline" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/college-relationship-timeline#comments Love Cara Sprunk dating hooking up relationships Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:59:36 +0000 Cara Sprunk 9 at http://www.hercampus.com The Morning After: How to Walk Without Shame http://www.hercampus.com/love/morning-after-how-walk-without-shame <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/morning-after-how-walk-without-shame" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images2.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/120909.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="480" height="322" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>The walk of shame: </strong>let&rsquo;s admit it, it happens to the best of us. We&rsquo;ve all, at one point or another, woken up at a guy&rsquo;s place and trudged home, in last night&rsquo;s outfit (or, worse, in his gym shorts), with our heels in our hands and smudged eyeliner all over our faces.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/morning-after-how-walk-without-shame" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/morning-after-how-walk-without-shame#comments Love Amanda First hooking up relationships Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:57:07 +0000 Amanda First 462 at http://www.hercampus.com Collegiettes' Worst Valentine's Days http://www.hercampus.com/love/collegiettes-worst-valentines-days <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/collegiettes-worst-valentines-days" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images2.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/3a84a745.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="366" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong><em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s almost Valentine&rsquo;s Day!&rdquo;</em></strong> Just hearing the phrase is enough to make most collegiettes&trade; anxious. We generally fall into one of two categories in our feelings about this holiday: Valentine&rsquo;s Day lovers and Valentine&rsquo;s Day haters.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/collegiettes-worst-valentines-days" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/collegiettes-worst-valentines-days#comments Love Rebecca Buddingh holidays valentine’s day Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000 Rebecca Buddingh 45848 at http://www.hercampus.com Real Live College Guy Ryan: How to Make Long-Distance Official http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-how-make-long-distance-official <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-how-make-long-distance-official" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/love4_8.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="421" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Need Dr. Drew relationship advice but don&rsquo;t have the sensationalistic drama to warrant TV time? Unfortunately, Real Live College Guy Ryan isn&rsquo;t a reality show therapist. However, he can provide the lowdown on everything you&rsquo;ve ever wanted to know about college males: how they think, act, speak and genuinely interact with the women in their lives.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-how-make-long-distance-official" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-how-make-long-distance-official#comments Love Ryan Joseph LDRs long distance relationships relationships Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000 Ryan Joseph 45838 at http://www.hercampus.com How to Turn a Casual Fling Into the Real Thing http://www.hercampus.com/love/how-turn-casual-fling-real-thing <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/how-turn-casual-fling-real-thing" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/love1_13.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="426" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p> It&rsquo;s Monday and you have a coffee date with Steve. Then Tuesday arrives and it&rsquo;s time to have lunch with Paul. On Wednesday, you&rsquo;re hooking up with Ryan. Thursday, you&rsquo;re having a &ldquo;sleepover&rdquo; with Alex. And Friday you meet a new guy at the bar and you&rsquo;re texting all weekend long.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/how-turn-casual-fling-real-thing" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/how-turn-casual-fling-real-thing#comments Love Erica Avesian dating hooking up Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000 Erica Avesian 45832 at http://www.hercampus.com 10 Love & Sex Twitter Accounts You Should Be Following http://www.hercampus.com/love/10-love-sex-twitter-accounts-you-should-be-following <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/10-love-sex-twitter-accounts-you-should-be-following" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/love2()_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="429" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Whether you&rsquo;re in love, looking for love or have sworn off love, it&rsquo;s practically impossible to stay away from it for too long. We&rsquo;re really just a bunch of hopeless romantics with dwindling attention spans (thanks a lot, technology) that must be satiated. Enter Twitter and its endless supply of 140-character bits of romance-laden wisdom and entertainment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/10-love-sex-twitter-accounts-you-should-be-following" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/10-love-sex-twitter-accounts-you-should-be-following#comments Love Sarah Weinberg lists Twitter Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000 Sarah Weinberg 45826 at http://www.hercampus.com The 20 Cutest Things to Do With Your Boyfriend on Valentine's Day http://www.hercampus.com/love/20-cutest-things-do-your-boyfriend-valentines-day <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/20-cutest-things-do-your-boyfriend-valentines-day" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images2.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/vdaypicture2_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="424" height="572" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It&rsquo;s the most romantic day of the year&hellip;until you end up basically sitting in the lap of the couple next to you at an exorbitantly expensive Valentine&rsquo;s Day dinner, wondering if the gift you got your boyfriend was too much or not enough.&nbsp; We have all fallen prey to Valentine&rsquo;s Day snafus (don&rsquo;t even get me started on Valentin</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/20-cutest-things-do-your-boyfriend-valentines-day" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/20-cutest-things-do-your-boyfriend-valentines-day#comments Love Allie Klein relationships valentine's day Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:08:00 +0000 Allie Klein 10439 at http://www.hercampus.com Ten Ways to Get a Date by Valentine's Day http://www.hercampus.com/love/ten-ways-get-date-valentines-day <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/ten-ways-get-date-valentines-day" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/ashton.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="600" height="400" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Don&rsquo;t you miss those grade school days, when every person in your class had to put a hand-addressed Valentine in your red-paper-pasted box?&nbsp; Now, only the smug coupled-up people among us are guaranteed some attention on Valentine&rsquo;s Day, and even they complain it&rsquo;s not enough (he didn&rsquo;t get me the right kind of flowers!</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/ten-ways-get-date-valentines-day" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/ten-ways-get-date-valentines-day#comments Love Allie Jones dating valentine's day Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:27:00 +0000 Allie Jones 10264 at http://www.hercampus.com HC's Guide to Safe Sexting http://www.hercampus.com/love/hcs-guide-safe-sexting <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/hcs-guide-safe-sexting" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images2.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/love5.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="441" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Technology has become a driving force in our everyday lives so it&rsquo;s no surprise that we can now use it to spice up our sex lives, too. Do you have a new crush who you want to move things along with? Send a sext! Have you been hooking up with a guy but it&rsquo;s getting stale? Send a sext! Have a long-distance boyfriend who you can&rsquo;t see very often? Send a sext!</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/hcs-guide-safe-sexting" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/hcs-guide-safe-sexting#comments Love Allie Duncan flirting sexting technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:01 +0000 Allie Duncan 45318 at http://www.hercampus.com Real Live College Guy Ryan: Why He Won't Take It to the Next Level http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-why-he-wont-take-it-next-level <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-why-he-wont-take-it-next-level" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/love3_9.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="401" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Need Dr. Drew relationship advice but don&rsquo;t have the sensationalistic drama to warrant TV time? Unfortunately, Real Live College Guy Ryan isn&rsquo;t a reality show therapist. However, he can provide the lowdown on everything you&rsquo;ve ever wanted to know about college males: how they think, act, speak and genuinely interact with the women in their lives.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-why-he-wont-take-it-next-level" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-ryan-why-he-wont-take-it-next-level#comments Love Ryan Joseph dating real live college guy relationships RLCG Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000 Ryan Joseph 45311 at http://www.hercampus.com The Other Woman Tells All: Why I Hooked Up With A Taken Guy http://www.hercampus.com/love/other-woman-tells-all-why-i-hooked-taken-guy <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/other-woman-tells-all-why-i-hooked-taken-guy" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/Cheating4.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="630" height="419" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Snooping through your guy&rsquo;s phone, you find exactly what you were looking for, but secretly prayed you&rsquo;d never discover.<strong> It&rsquo;s the &ldquo;other woman&rdquo;</strong> &ndash; her number 13 times in his call log, her texts decorated with winky faces, and even a picture of her up close and personal (way too personal). What do you do?</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/other-woman-tells-all-why-i-hooked-taken-guy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/other-woman-tells-all-why-i-hooked-taken-guy#comments Love Alexa Cleary cheating relationships Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:35:18 +0000 Alexa Cleary 11370 at http://www.hercampus.com Real Live College Guy Joey: To-The-Point Answers to 4 New Questions About STD's, Texting And The Rules of Exclusivity http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-joey-point-answers-4-new-questions-about-stds-texting-and-rules-exclusivi <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-rep-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/love/real-live-college-guy-joey-point-answers-4-new-questions-about-stds-texting-and-rules-exclusivi" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog imagecache-linked imagecache-630photoblog_linked"><img src="http://images2.hercampus.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/630photoblog/texting_0_0.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-630photoblog" width="480" height="320" /></a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Need polite, concise, pop culture-laden answers to your guy problemas?</p> <p><a href="http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-joey-point-answers-4-new-questions-about-stds-texting-and-rules-exclusivi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.hercampus.com/love/real-live-college-guy-joey-point-answers-4-new-questions-about-stds-texting-and-rules-exclusivi#comments Love Joey Hebert dating flirting hooking up real live college guy relationships STDs Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000 Joey Hebert 10771 at http://www.hercampus.com