Being friends across genders in a heteronormative society… a constant battle. And it’s almost predictable right? It doesn’t serve the patriarchy for men and women to be friends; the West needs them to produce the workers and consumers of the next generations.
This episode is a full-blown Yasmin rant. In a world that has long indoctrinated us in ‘searching for our soulmate’ in every bond, and where the norm of toxic masculinity prevails, my dream is to normalize and celebrate our friendships across gendered boundaries.
Book references:
"Communion: The Female Search for Love", bell hooks (2002)
"Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power", Audre Lorde (1978)