Title: Secondhand emotion
Description: Cassandra opens with an author's note detailing a few personal, emotional, and environmental changes in her life such as living in an affordable NYC apartment, which impacted her outlook on dating and relationships. She wonders if people would still want to date her if she moved apartments, or whether her attractiveness was predicated on the fact that she had a Manhattan zip code and full size bed. The perzine explores the changes in Cassandra's life, how that impacted her approach to dating, and her realization that "there are worthier pursuits than romantic love."
Subjects: Black Women, Haitian Americans, Dating (Social customs), African American women, Feminism
Places: United States