This conversation isn't really about boyfriends

A few weeks ago, British Vogue did the impossible - she broke the internet with long form content. The article was called ‘Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?’ and everyone had something to say about it. Today we’re unpacking the theme of ‘decentering men’ from a slightly different angle - is it men we should blame, or systems of patriarchy & capitalism (& can it be both?) Huge thank you to Chanté Joseph for starting this incredible conversation! timestamps: 00:00 intro 01:45 is it embarrassing to have a boyfriend now? 11:35 the vacuum of it all 27:05 ‘single’ as an aesthetic 33:37 echo chamber mentality ⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺ socials! Instagram:   / fromthedivingboard   TikTok:   / charlichatss   Substack: https://fromthedivingboard.substack.com/ link to previous video:    • The Myth of 'Finding Yourself' Through Tou...   sources: Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now, Chanté Joseph: https://www.vogue.com/article/is-havi... Women are happier without children or a spouse, Sian Cain: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst... Relationship satisfaction for heterosexual women compared to lesbians and men in a sample of faith communities from Topeka, Kansas, Walter Schumm, Cynthia A Akagi & Kathy R Bosch New study finds single women are happier than single men, Josslyn Johnson: https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/n... Gen Z men and women most divided on gender equality, global study shows, Global Institute for Women's Leadership: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-men-... Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worth, Leonora Risse: https://theconversation.com/unpaid-wo... Doppelganger, Naomi Klein Is having a boyfriend embarrassing, Louisa Munch: https://www.tiktok.com/@louisamunchth... ‘A woman is not a baby-making machine’: a brief history of South Korea’s 4B movement – and why it’s making waves in America, Ming Gao: https://theconversation.com/a-woman-i... All about love, bell hooks ⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺ business enquiries only: [email protected]