ep. 91: How to Live Single, Pt. 1: Doing You
What if being single wasn't sold to us as a problem to solve? In part one of three episodes exploring How to Live Single, Aminatou Sow (Call Your Girlfriend) and Shani Silver (A Single Serving Podcast) get real about how unpartnered unladies care for themselves, embrace their relationship status, and negotiate the casual and costly ways that society taxes singledom.
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