Stuck in No Man's Land
A college sophomore at Columbia wrote an essay in the New York Times about a years-long "something" with a young man named Jeremy. They'd known each other since 14 but never defined what they were. No labels, no obligation, no exclusivity — perfect freedom, by cultural standards. She concludes by writing: without labels, I have no justification for my feelings and he has no obligation to acknowledge them. It can never end because officially it never began. I'm stuck.
That essay became a cultural moment because it put language to something a whole generation is experiencing. Maximum autonomy —…
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