our conception of love is messed up.
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our conception of love is messed up.
There is something deeply tragic about how love is spoken of today. Not love, really, desire. Lust dressed up in aesthetics, marketed as closeness. Infatuation that burns hot and fast, then vanishes with the first discomfort. We live in a time where the word “connection” is used so lightly, but experienced so rarely. Where the craving for bodies is... See more
Amira • Don’t match my freak, Match my yearning
while having a romantic partner is not a necessity for everyone, having a community is. “I truly believe that hyper-individualism, which is deeply rooted in capitalism, does so much work to trick us into believing that we should feel like we can do everything in life on our own,” maya says, adding that being in a relationship has made them so much... See more
i-D • Unpacking our generational fear of codependency
to be loved is to be understood, but to be human is to change
youtube.comto be loved is to be understood, but to be human is to change
youtu.bethere is something so sinister about the way our emotions have been radicalized and inferiorized in todays capitalist society. it is never enough to feel love because as soon as i say that i love someone it is suddenly important that i feel jealousy too because that is what happens in movies. if i say that i am hurt by something someone did to me i
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