![Love really is a game sometimes. But when we turn it into a competition where every contestant needs perfect scores, the game starts to become a little rigged.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/match-illustration-1-900x675.jpg)
OPINION: Lower your dating expectations
JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor
• March 24, 2022
![Is Valentine’s Day just a gigantic marketing scam created by greeting card companies to make money? Or is it a holiday actually worth celebrating?](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Valentinesday-900x582.jpg)
OPINION: Valentine’s Day – day of love, or corporate scheme?
MIA PUZZO, Evergreen columnist
• February 15, 2022
![We should have a Neds Declassified School Survival Guide-esque attitude toward dating. We are all just figuring it out.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Online-Dating-01-900x720.jpg)
Embrace hookup culture
JORDAN AHLSTEDT, Evergreen columnist
• December 6, 2021
![Surprisingly, in a society where love is at the forefront of socializing, we are ridiculed for feeling incomplete without it.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Loneliness-Graphic-900x900.png)
Love your loneliness
JUSTIN WASHINGTON, Evergreen research editor
• November 29, 2021
![Watch two awful people fall in love with each other based on a foundation of lies and deceit.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-11-26-14.04.16.jpg)
Movie review: Swipe left on ‘Love Hard’
SAMANTHA RADCLIFFE, Evergreen columnist
• November 29, 2021
![Can a happily ever after story really happen after so many tears and heartache?](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-11-07-10.10.44-589x900.jpg)
BookTok review: ‘Ugly Love’ provides life lessons for relationships
SAMANTHA RADCLIFFE, Evergreen columnist
• November 11, 2021
![Coelho’s novel was published in 1988, but it is still ahead of the times. His story gives readers a new perspective on life and one’s “Personal Legend.”](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Untitled_Artwork-900x628.jpg)
‘The Alchemist’ catalyst for anyone’s personal growth
SYDNEY DOWNING, Evergreen columnist
• October 4, 2021
![Characters in this novel show the suffering of being in love with your abuser and the strength of being a survivor.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-24-16.21.48-591x900.jpg)
BookTok review: ‘It Ends with Us’ powerfully illustrates anguish of abuse
SAMANTHA RADCLIFFE, Evergreen columnist
• September 30, 2021
![Women often have to compromise their own pleasure and priorities when engaging in casual sex with men.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/B539E99E-F7E9-48AD-8175-274D075C9ADC-900x615.jpeg)
Casual sex comes at cost for women
KESTRA ENGSTROM, Managing editor
• September 16, 2021
![Using dating apps can be a great way to fill the social void created by the pandemic.](https://dailyevergreen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Phone-Heart-900x900.jpg)
OPINION: Dating apps are great for meeting new people
PORTIA SIMMONS
• February 3, 2021
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