About
Most writing about love is really writing about romance. Kinds of Love starts from the opposite assumption — that love has more than one shape, and that the shapes are different enough to deserve being looked at separately.
What gets published here
Long essays, each taking one kind of love seriously enough to spend real time on it:
- Friendship — relationships with no ceremony, no contract, and no obvious beginning
- Family — the love you did not choose, and what to do when it is complicated
- Romance — the one everybody writes about, approached without the usual assumptions
- Self-love — a phrase flattened by marketing, worth reclaiming
- Loss — what love becomes when the person is no longer there
- Community — care extended to people you will never meet
How it is written
Every essay is published in English and Traditional Chinese. Neither version is a line-by-line translation of the other — each is written to read naturally in its own language, while the claims, figures and sources stay identical across both.
Factual claims are checked before they are published, and the sources are listed, with links, at the end of each essay so you can check them yourself. Where a piece does its own arithmetic on someone else's research, it says so explicitly rather than presenting the calculation as a finding. If something here is wrong, that list is what makes it possible to show it.
There are no listicles, no engagement bait, and no pretending that a complicated subject is simple.
Who makes it
Kinds of Love is planned and edited by Eva, who sets the direction of the site, reviews and revises the essays, and is responsible for what is published here.
AI tools assist with the research, the first drafts and the diagrams. Factual claims are checked against their sources before publication. The site is not affiliated with any institution, and it does not accept sponsored posts.
What this site is not
These essays are not therapy, and they are not medical or legal advice. They cannot stand in for someone who knows your situation. If you are in danger, or you are thinking about harming yourself, please contact one of the services on the help page — you do not have to be sure it is serious enough first.
Contact
Corrections, disagreements and suggestions are all welcome atservice@kindsoflove.com. Corrections are especially welcome — if a fact here is wrong, it should be fixed.
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