Crush Culture
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Last published Tue, Jul 30, 2019
Crush Culture. def.
The overall societal consensus that everyone needs to be in a relationship or like someone.
Grace has had a crush on James for years, they've been best friends since high school but she has wanted to be more since she's known him. Finally she gets the guts to tell him how she really feels.
Leila is nursing a broken heart, her boyfriend (should we say extra limb) of six months ended it abruptly. But there he is by the garden wall trying to win her back.
Caleb is fine being single, he is tired of the speculation and curiosity. Is he gay, is he not? I maybe he is bi, oh no it's Pan. Caleb feels like he has a rainbow colored target on his back and vows not to go any where that isn't platonic with anyone until he meets Ralph and Georgie.
If these stories seem slightly familiar to you, it's because they are. The crush culture consumes our every day lives. We can try to fight it and carve our own narrative but end up sounding like every other person out there falling in love. Any of these stories could be ours and Grace and her friends know it.
It's a bit like Russian roulette, this thing called love. You never know if the bullet hits.
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𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 || 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
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