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Best of: A new philosophy of love
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Culture of Toxic Positivity
In North American contexts, we're in this kind of culture of what I've called "toxic positivity" It's an emphasis on being positive only to the exclusion of being sad or angry. We hold each other responsible for our emotional success and emotional success means our own individual happiness. And it seeps over into romantic relationships because we've almost defined a successful romantic relationship as the core piece of a good life.
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