{"id":102,"date":"2025-09-29T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/soc101\/?p=102"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:25:25","slug":"tsp-grad-student-board-on-heteropessimism-ep-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/soc101\/2025\/09\/29\/tsp-grad-student-board-on-heteropessimism-ep-11\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Grad Student Board on Heteropessimism | Ep.11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does it mean when someone says <em>\u201cI hate men\u201d<\/em> but still actively dates them? 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