Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 29 minutes ago
why single people are excluded from society, how romance obsession manifests as a result of capitalism, and why asexual/aromantic liberation is connected to everyone's liberation
patreon.com/elliotsang
(sorry for my mic issues for half of the video)
featuring @foreignfridays
edited by @BABILA.
thumbnail by uma snow https://x.com/ataraxyvenom
exec. produced by @earthtonellie
Links
seashellronan - "A lot of us don't want romantic love as badly as we think" tumblr.com/seashellronan/189946732645/no-offence-but-i-think-a-lot-of-us-me-included
mainelyemma - Life is harder when you're single tiktok.com/t/ZTktnnH5B
parismwendwa - Chronic singleness makes you go insane tiktok.com/@parismwendwa/video/7634005214151855374?_r=1&_t=ZT-966pFH64LxG
Brown, Sherronda J. (2022). Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture. North Atlantic Books.
youtube.com/watch?v=AS7s7T-fDFw
saintjenni - the differences between romantic and platonic relationships tiktok.com/t/ZTktnBPBN
Chapters:
00:00 romance isn't everything
04:03 capitalism & romance
11:28 dating and class struggle
26:07 singlism and misogyny
31:31 megan thee stallion and compulsory romance
44:22 acephobia and the aromantic villain
49:44 non-monogamy and inequality
56:37 "normal" love
1:03:22 men, limerence and comphet
1:09:05 deconstruct your desires
1:14:44 a child's love
1:19:21 beyond patriarchal tradition
why single people are excluded from society, how romance obsession manifests as a result of capitalism, and why asexual/aromantic liberation is connected to everyone's liberation
patreon.com/elliotsang
(sorry for my mic issues for half of the video)
featuring @foreignfridays
edited by @BABILA.
thumbnail by uma snow https://x.com/ataraxyvenom
exec. produced by @earthtonellie
Links
seashellronan - "A lot of us don't want romantic love as badly as we think" tumblr.com/seashellronan/189946732645/no-offence-but-i-think-a-lot-of-us-me-included
mainelyemma - Life is harder when you're single tiktok.com/t/ZTktnnH5B
parismwendwa - Chronic singleness makes you go insane tiktok.com/@parismwendwa/video/7634005214151855374?_r=1&_t=ZT-966pFH64LxG
Brown, Sherronda J. (2022). Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture. North Atlantic Books.
youtube.com/watch?v=AS7s7T-fDFw
saintjenni - the differences between romantic and platonic relationships tiktok.com/t/ZTktnBPBN
Chapters:
00:00 romance isn't everything
04:03 capitalism & romance
11:28 dating and class struggle
26:07 singlism and misogyny
31:31 megan thee stallion and compulsory romance
44:22 acephobia and the aromantic villain
49:44 non-monogamy and inequality
56:37 "normal" love
1:03:22 men, limerence and comphet
1:09:05 deconstruct your desires
1:14:44 a child's love
1:19:21 beyond patriarchal tradition
