Relationships

I Quit Social Media for a Week: Here’s How It Saved My Mental Health
I Quit Social Media for a Week: Here’s How It Saved My Mental Health In 2025, social media is inescapable. TikTok trends, X debates, and Instagram reels flood our screens, demanding attention. But what happens when you step away? I quit social media for seven days, and the results shocked me. Here’s my story, plus tips to protect your mental health in the digital age.
By Doctor Strange8 months ago in Pride
The Magic in Your Eyes
A Tale of Enchantment and Verse 🌟 Poem: The Light of Your Gaze ✨ In the quiet of twilight, where dreams softly rise,
By Am@n Khan 8 months ago in Pride
Hidden Layers. Honorable Mention in Pride Under Pressure Challenge. Content Warning.
"I'm completely straight," I told myself while sitting in the school classroom trying to keep my eyes on my work to avoid staring at the beautiful girl sitting on the table opposite me.
By Carol Ann Townend8 months ago in Pride
My First Date With Her
I had planned it out a dozen different ways. A walk in the park? Too cliché. Dinner and a movie? Too safe. Karaoke? Too bold. After hours of overthinking and two calls to my best friend, I finally settled on a little rooftop café downtown that I’d seen on Instagram. It looked like the kind of place where first dates turned into long-term love stories. Or so I hoped.
By Usman Ali 8 months ago in Pride
What I Had
There she was, sunlight shining through her golden hair as she threw her head back in laughter. Her smile always made my heart skip a beat, she looked at me, eyes still watery from her laughter.
By Kylie Hunnel8 months ago in Pride
Unchained Horizons
The sky was bruised with clouds, swollen and heavy, hanging over the broken link of chain that lay abandoned on the asphalt. Beyond it stood a wall—tall, whitewashed, cruelly clean—ringed with barbed wire and crowned with silence. A metal ladder leaned against it like a whisper of rebellion. This was not just any wall. It was a divider of lives, of truths, of past and future. And the chain, once taut with containment, now lay slack and shattered.
By Usman Ali 8 months ago in Pride
Regret. AI-Generated.
He had a good life. Nathan Reed was thirty-five, married, and comfortably successful. A quiet house with soft wood floors, a job he didn’t hate, and a wife who made pancakes on Sundays. He had a dog named Oscar that greeted him like a small hurricane every time he walked through the door.
By Dart Wry8 months ago in Pride
The First Date Quandary. Top Story - May 2025.
To be frank, I had no idea that Preston liked me. He claimed to be straight, and I took him at his word. There was no reason to doubt him. And to be honest, I didn't know if I liked him as a person at first.
By Edward Anderson8 months ago in Pride
Unbound: A Personal Journey of Gender Identity and Expression
Introduction In this narrative, we delve into the profound experiences of an individual navigating the complexities of gender identity, societal expectations, and personal transformation. Through a series of poignant reflections spanning several years, we explore themes of body autonomy, societal perceptions, and the pursuit of authentic self-expression.
By Lila Hart8 months ago in Pride
Outsourcing Accounting
In 2025, more businesses than ever are turning to outsourced accounting — not as a last resort, but as a strategic advantage.
By Alex joo8 months ago in Pride
🖤 I Am the Wanderer 🖤
I was born among deep chaos, colliding galaxies, and dying stars. There is only hunger and chilly silence—no house, no name, no reign of gold.
By sazzad hossain8 months ago in Pride
unbound. Top Story - May 2025.
2004 when i was in high school, i powerlifted and crude peers joked that my "tits would get hard." this didn't seem like a problem to me, but i knew what they intended to mean—small breasts, flat, more like pecs, defined and masculine. how derogatory of a woman. unfitting and disgusting. my irreverence toward gendered expectations bristled, challenged, and disturbed some. it excited others.
By kp8 months ago in Pride