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By Leslie Cruz Mengo + 4 others for The Montclarion - 5 min read
Is Love Measured By A Price Tag?
Every time I open Instagram nowadays, I feel like I am stepping into The Relationship Olympics. The judges are influencers, the scoring system is aesthetic and the gold medal is, apparently, a boyfriend who buys their significant other luxury items weekly. My feed is clogged with pastel quote cards, bold-text slideshows and viral sound bites chanting the same mantra: "If...
By Leslie Cruz Mengo (Leslie as photographer) + 4 others for The Montclarion - 5 min read
Escaping ‘Boyfriend Land’: Why Love Isn’t the Problem
Photo credit: Leslie Cruz Mengo
Background collage by Leslie Cruz Mango. Background image: "The Reluctant Bride" — Auguste Toulmouche. Image quotes taken from news headlines and Instagram comments. In her Oct. 29 Vogue article "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?," Chanté Joseph posed a question that quickly became a cultural flashpoint. Within days, TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) were flooded with reactions, some thoughtful and...
