Why Valentine’s Day is special to me

From kindergarten to 5th grade, Valentine’s Day was about love — a love of candy, that is. Which classmate brought the best goods? Whose mom was making the whole class go on a diet and only sent her son with mints? Seriously, Justin, Pokémon cards again? These were the questions that filled my mind and […]

No true love stories this Valentine’s Day

Boy meets girl, boy asks girl on a date, boy falls in love, and boy and girl get married. This is supposed to be the typical love story, or at least it’s what we’re supposed to believe from movies. For decades, the cinematic screen has been filled with love stories that have captured the American […]

FACEOFF: All you need is love

Anti-Valentine’s Day: Written by Annarely Rodriguez The Beatles did a lot of things right. One of them was saying “All you need is love.” You don’t need a cheesy greeting card or an expensive bottle of perfume. You just need each other, right? But it seems we have lost track of that. Every year, February […]