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let love destroy you - by maja - velvet noise

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on chronic avoidance and the audacity to feel

Much has been made of the fact that Gen Z is kissing less, asking people out less, touching each other less. Are the kids alright? We’re having fewer relationships than previous generations. Some call it prudence and some call it progress. But I think, more than anything, it’s about fear. We’re a generation raised inside systems of disconnection. We’ve inherited burnout and breakneck productivity, hyper-curation, algorithmic intimacy, and the slow erosion of social infrastructure. We know what ghosting is before we know what secure attachment feels like. We know how to protect ourselves,…

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