What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life? “Our boyfriends, our significant others, and our husbands are supposed to be No. 1. Our worlds are backward.”

Rhaina Cohen’s 2020 Atlantic article:

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

was the basis for her 2024 book The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center. I’ve always loved the idea of choosing a friend as a life partner—it’s definitely shaped the choices I’ve made.

I’m here to explore community—and the idea that committed friendship is one of the deepest forms of love.

I’ve spent my life building connections as an artist, academic, counselor, Quaker, and friend. Let’s talk about (and hopefully build) chosen family, intimacy, and belonging :)