Love & Dating ·
Love & Dating ·
Read the Articles About It
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Falling in love plays an important part in us figuring out and embracing who we are. I felt the need to start our conversations off with this topic because much of our society is shaped by our views on love.
The value we place on romantic relationships causes us to place on unrealistic expectation on “finding the one”. I think that’s a little silly. Especially when we live in a world no longer run by the idea of falling in love, getting married, and having kids.
The emphasis in love should be placed less on the role the other person plays in your life and more on the way your romantic experiences allow you to evolve.
It should be about you.
Listen to the Episodes About It
I’ve fallen in love once in my life.
To a man I thought was the one. He managed to tear my walls down and see the girl I was hiding from the rest of the world; a girl I thought was unworthy and unwanted.
While he beautifully proved me wrong, he also showed me why I’ve spent my life so scared of relationships.
Because love is so much more complicated.
Falling in love taught me that the idea of someone coming in to save us from our misery is BS. Love is never about the other person. So, it needs to stop being talked about like it is.
Romantic experiences give us the opportunity to look deeper within ourselves. They help us change, grow, and evolve, and are a big part of our human experience.
This month, we talk about it.
Resources
Writer & Storyteller • Adejoke Mason
Adejoke Mason, a former middle school classmate, uses her voice to make space for conversations surrounding queer culture and safe and pleasurable sex. Through my Instagram feed, I’ve watched Adejoke over the years build a brand for herself centered around learning to embody the power that comes from your sexuality and desires (a perfect tie-in to this month’s theme). Writer for online publication, Them, brand strategist, and overall creative, Adejoke is an inspiring force to be reckoned with.
The Seven Necessary Sins of Women & Girls
This book challenges women to take control of their destinies and fight back against the patriarchy. The manifesto outlines the seven “sins” that women and girls have been led to believe are against their nature, but are actually necessary to take our right to live our lives freely. A powerful novel that leaves you forever changed.
Upcoming Topics
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Friendships
NOVEMBER
Why is it important to choose our friends wisely? What does our choice of friends say about us? Is it wrong to have a falling out? What constitutes a toxic friendship?
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Family
DECEMBER
Do our families really define who we are? How do our families effect how we show up? What makes a good family? What if I don’t actually like my family?
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New Environments
JANUARY
How does moving to a new environment and becoming removed from everything you’ve ever known shape your understanding of the world?