couples need a village to hold them as they go through a separation
the lack of community in our modern world
couples need a village to hold them as they go through a separation
We’re not meant to be independent creatures, all alone. We’re meant to depend on each other. It’s an unsettling truth: the less we depend on each other, the more we depend on the market. We summon eggs to our apartment via an app instead of simply asking a neighbor. We hire a therapist—incapable of loving us back by design —and forget to call our f... See more
Catherine Shannon • The fantasy of independence
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The Age of Abandonment
We simply don’t believe anyone will stay
Freya India
Oct 09, 2024
Screenshots, TikTok: @yngpolly, @manelique
I’ve written a lot about my generation and fear. Our fear of love, and fear of life. But I’ve been getting the sense lately that there’s some ultimate fear underlying all this, running through everything. And I’m becoming... See more
We simply don’t believe anyone will stay
Freya India
Oct 09, 2024
Screenshots, TikTok: @yngpolly, @manelique
I’ve written a lot about my generation and fear. Our fear of love, and fear of life. But I’ve been getting the sense lately that there’s some ultimate fear underlying all this, running through everything. And I’m becoming... See more
Freya India • The Age of Abandonment
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“The truth about intimate relationships is that they can never be any better than our relationship with ourselves.”
- James Hollis
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