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ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing

ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing

Update: 2025-11-15
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On today’s episode host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer and content creator Josh Lora, who also goes by TellTheBees. Josh’s Substack essay, Boyfriendland, was cited in the viral Vogue article written by Chanté Joseph, “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” Many women are hiding their boyfriends online, or losing followers if they hard-launch. Some go as far as to say having a boyfriend “feels republican.” Is this heterofatalism gone too far, or a long-overdue correction to the patriarchy?


This podcast is produced by Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Kate Lindsay.

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ICYMI | Yes, Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing

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