A Crumb of Romance

A Crumb of Romance

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Lauren Talulah Smeets: "The irony of me never having been in love when I'm such a lover girl"
The writer and fashion storyteller on being chronically single, unlearning toxic patterns, and the importance of protecting her energy
Sep 15 • Nicole Ocran and Lauren Talulah
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Why I'm no longer Team Conrad
As a lover girl, sometimes you have to protect your heart and that means walking away from the emotionally unavailable
Sep 1 • Nicole Ocran
Annabelle Slator: “Romance allows for women to be considered"
The Launch Date author on dating app culture, our need for yearning, and how romance provides us with much needed hope
Aug 25 • Nicole Ocran and Annabelle Slator
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Materialists takes a well-deserved stab at the commodification of love
The film holds up a mirror to ourselves and the dating market in what we believe to be valuable
Aug 18 • Nicole Ocran
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Scotty Unfamous: "The rules we’re given on how to approach sex and dating are irrelevant"
The sexual wellness educator talks about living her best heaux life as a lover girl, writing sex that women want to experience, and her love of nerds
Aug 11 • Nicole Ocran
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Heterofatalism: the politics of waiting and wanting
The doomsday cycle of wanting a relationship with a man
Jul 28 • Nicole Ocran
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Raj Pander: "Why is it that everything women do and enjoy is policed or looked down on?"
The podcast host and producer shares her thoughts on turning 40, having no shame, and subverting expectations
Jul 21 • Nicole Ocran
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The Last Five Years
Half a decade later, what have I learned?
Jul 14 • Nicole Ocran
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Micaela Sharp: "If you get divorced, you choose yourself"
The broadcaster and interior designer on putting herself first, creating a slower life in Spain, and true contentment
Jul 7 • Nicole Ocran
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This ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ energy rhetoric is killing my people
Our obsession with gender roles in relationships is excruciating
Jun 30 • Nicole Ocran
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