Callie Byrnes

Love isn’t always easy, but we can learn something about traversing its difficult terrain from Netflix’s hit show ‘Heartstopper.’  Love should never involve shame.

We can all learn a little bit about love, friendship, and romance from ‘Heartstopper.’  The right people will love you for exactly who you are. A difficult truth: Not everyone will like you or accept you or understand you.

In the words of the great Anya Taylor-Joy, “I have a thing about feminine rage.” It’s not just that I feel it, it’s that I crave it—in art, in movies, in music.

We can’t predict the future; we don’t know the ways the world will change us over time. But that’s why it’s so important to hold onto these moments when we have them, to give ourselves over to them completely.

In honor of the second season forthcoming, here are some of my favorite lessons from first season of the show.  Sometimes a relationship’s hardships aren’t actually about the relationship—so approach them with empathy and understanding.

We have lost so many things along the way. But there is beauty in the fact that I can only grieve these things because I had them once, because they filled me with light and hope and heartache and anguish. And god, how wonderful it was to have had anything worth losing at all.

Ah, Christmas—it’s one of the most romantic times of the year, probably because the twinkling lights and snowy nights have a way of feeling magical.

So, you want to plan a party? Then you’re in the right place!