Why We Need to Reframe the Stigma of Having Roommates

A case for same-sex platonic cohabitation.

Vanessa Torre
6 min readAug 5, 2023

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Iwill be the first to admit that I have subscribed to the belief that as a grown-ass 49-year-old woman, I have lived long enough to have earned the right to be an adult without a roommate.

The last time I had a roommate, the White House was occupied by the Clinton…

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Vanessa Torre

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