Welcome to Café Femme! In this episode I chat about the history of heartbreak, why they feel like that, and some historical cures which have proven very successful in the past. I also try and compare (successfully, imo) Ovid to Dua Lipa - we love nuance!

Sources used:

https://drsoph.com/blog/2018/8/2/the-very-real-pain-of-breakups-why-they-hurt-so-badly-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/12/breakup-heartbreak-moving-on-shorten-pain/672391/

https://www.reddit.com/r/BreakUps/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbKx03s_PJ4

https://newrepublic.com/article/149142/birth-breakups

https://www.nylon.com/articles/breaking-up-hard-to-do-feminism-kelli-korducki-interview

https://www.shedoesthecity.com/interview-kelli-maria-korducki-author-hard-surprising-feminist-history-breaking/

https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1102693108

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201104/the-neuroscience-relationship-breakups

https://www.elitedaily.com/dating/scientific-reasons-why-a-broken-heart-is-really-bad-for-you/970609

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/09/the-new-business-of-breakups

https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/CuresforLove.php#anchor_Toc523020777

https://open.spotify.com/track/2ekn2ttSfGqwhhate0LSR0?si=abe9823a65fd40b5

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