Please, all of you, read this article from the New York Times. It is, apparently, an award winning essay and there are more to come from the same competition that led to this one. I love its pace and candor, and Marguerite Fields needs to immediately write more and start her own blog. But what she reports is so, so depressing to me. Doesn't this sad chronicle show -- definitively -- that we have lost our way? I find it deeply distressing that this saga of random hook ups and failed connections is part of the legacy of the women's movement and the advent of modern contraception. I thought the point of those two advances, in particular, was the chance to deepen human relationships. Is there anything about what Marguerite reports that suggests progress? Discuss.
May 05 2008
Relationship Redux 
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