We spoke with writer, podcaster, and advice columnist Default Friend about our modern dating difficulties, the psychodramas that keep us from achieving real intimacy, and the unexamined role microblogging sites like Tumblr played in shaping a generation’s sexuality and normalizing a culture of extreme sensitivity and offense-taking.

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