Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Research Mentor(s)
Joan Connell
Description
Love is a core part of the human experience: love for a romantic partner, a child’s love for a parent, self-love, love of a beautiful sunrise. For millenia, humans have labeled different types of love and valued some types over others. Mainstream American culture prioritizes romantic and sexual love. From ancient history to modern times, people have pushed back against mainstream narratives and found joy and meaning in every kind of love. Like everything else about gender and sexuality, love is on a spectrum. This story and flowchart explain many different ways of loving, from distinctions between types of love made by the ancient Greeks, to concepts created and explored by the modern asexual and aromantic communities.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
May 2022
End Date
May 2022
Location
Carver Gym (Bellingham, Wash.)
Department
CHSS - Journalism
Genre/Form
student projects; posters
Type
Image
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Carver Gym (Bellingham, Wash.)
Love is a core part of the human experience: love for a romantic partner, a child’s love for a parent, self-love, love of a beautiful sunrise. For millenia, humans have labeled different types of love and valued some types over others. Mainstream American culture prioritizes romantic and sexual love. From ancient history to modern times, people have pushed back against mainstream narratives and found joy and meaning in every kind of love. Like everything else about gender and sexuality, love is on a spectrum. This story and flowchart explain many different ways of loving, from distinctions between types of love made by the ancient Greeks, to concepts created and explored by the modern asexual and aromantic communities.