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Swiping Left: Valentine’s Day for the Cynics
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Just like that, we’re approaching another Valentine’s Day. Another day of hefty and cringey paragraphs on Instagram, expensive dinners full of awkward, lovey-dovey small talk and expensive (allegedly “marked-down”) chocolates, flowers and Hallmark cards. The holiday of overconsumption and exploitative consumerism has arrived. And, paradoxically, I’m excited.