All My Exes Live in Texts
Dating is now in full view—of our followers, our exes, our almosts, and our future partners. Every post, like, and follow is a data point, a clue to be decoded. Are they online but not texting back? Who just commented with a fire emoji? Why did they watch my story but not reply?
Michel Foucault’s panopticon describes a... See more
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In her advice column, Cheryl Strayed once posed the question, “How can it be that so many people’s ex-girlfriends are crazy? What happens to these women? …is there some corporate Rest Home for Crazy Bitches across the land that I am unaware of that houses women who used to love men who later claim they were actually crazy... See more
instagram.comSometimes, I think silence used to be quieter. Before we were all online, before updates and photo dumps and “seen” receipts and Instagram stories that tell you someone’s alive, even if they’re no longer in your life. Back then, silence was space. Now it’s static. It’s the absence of a ping that should’ve come. The profile you could check, but... See more