Decentering Romance (and Recentering Friendship)

It was time for a Yasmin episode, one that wasn’t so destructive emotionally. So today is a positive reflection on how I’ve worked towards decentering romance in my life, and re-centering the things that matter to me, especially friendships. Good things take time, and restructuring our ambitions and aspirations is heavy work. But they lay the foundation for our everyday existence so I’d say pretty worth it…

Literature:

“Communion” Bell Hooks; 

“The Erotic as Power” Audre Lorde; 

"Pas mes fils- Injustice" Julie Gavras (a Louie Media podcast).