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more about #modernloveless DangerMouse: "The loving care that flows freely among female strangers" just made me think how much I like Jezzie commenters. more » labeled: I'll play! I think she's trying to say that she needs the camaraderie, the link with other women who understand that she'll even give a shit about the... more » bibliophage: Maybe they should call it "postmodern love." Because in a postmodern world, you don't get your love in large, dramatic swoops. You have to collect i... more » whatsername: You know that line in The Two Towers when Pippin says something like "the closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm", and Treebeard says s... more » liz lemonazi: And now we're all commenting on a blog on a personal essay that references a personal essay! Daaaaayamn. more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I only fall in love when I'm on Xanax. Does that correlate with the article? No? more » ihateyourescalade: You're overthinking. more » pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Sigh... You always bring the magazine out of the waiting room and into the appointment room. ALWAYS. Because if you don't you'll be stuck waiting for ... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Modern love is the love of Xanax. Antique love is the love of morphine. more » Jessi Ramsey: Why not just call it Modern Manhattan or Nouveau New York? It has nothing to do with love. more » tscheese: This one time I was on mood-altering substances and I tried to make chatty, friendly conversation with someone I didn't know well, I embarrassed the s... more » Crabby Cakes: I can't stop hearing this in Carrie-speak. "I couldn't help but wonder, had the adulterous cad learned his lesson?" I don't know why this is happenin... more » Pocahaunted: Mmm it seems to be a tenuous link! Though I felt at places she was talking about modern love as in a common bond between women similarly afflicted. T... more » -
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This Week In "Modern Love": Cancer, Drugs, & Cads
I've stopped trying to define how the New York Times defines "love," modern or otherwise. Cause it's conspicuously absent from the latest "Modern Love" essay, "The Kindness, and Xanax, of Strangers." Or is it?!
