- You do adore Harry Styles, but maybe not in the way you thought you did.
- The word lesbian is not a dirty word; reclaiming it is important.
- Don’t fear ‘coming out’. It simply means the start of big things.
- This community will hold you in ways you didn’t know you needed to be held.
- Lockdown haircuts aren’t permanent but they should be avoided where possible.
- You don’t need to be out and about physically to be out and about proudly.
- Just accept you probably have a dairy intolerance (once the quality streets are finished).
- You will never be a TikTok lesbian.
- Just because you can polish a bottle of wine off every night in zoom quizzes, doesn’t mean you should.
- Cheesy, but those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
- You don’t always need a label. Take power in these fluid parts of yourself.
- Taking things slowly every once in a while has actually done the world some good this year.
- Being aloof on dates with men doesn’t mean you’re not a romantic; you’re just with the wrong gender.
- Your clothes don’t define your queerness (but hang onto that flannel shirt from Topshop 2013 which you could never replace).
- Don’t chase after that fox when you’re drunk in February; you will destroy that pair of jeans and your knee.
- As sad as it is not being able to hug your friends, you’ll realise that video-chatting actually was the best invention ever.
- Keep writing; you really, really do love it.
- It really is ok to listen to Phoebe Bridgers and Angel Olsen for several hours on a loop.
- Sometimes it’s nice to have absolutely no plan.
- You’ll go into 2021 infinitely happier than when you went into 2020.
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