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14 Myth-Busting Anti-Valentine's Day Musical Anthems
I think it was Ernest Hemingway who wrote the mindful verses: "If my Valentine you won't be, I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree." Thus, let's dive into the holiday spirit; but please mind your masks!
By Rui Alves5 years ago in Beat
The Lonely Hearts (and Proud to be!) Songs
Whether you have recently been through a break-up or are someone who has always disagreed with the commercialization of Valentine’s Day, then I have the playlist for you. Blast it while you’re doing your weekly self-care routine or while you’re driving in your car knowing that the only person’s agenda you need to subscribe to is your own. Here are some songs to get you started:
By Theresa Faughnan5 years ago in Beat
Putting The "Spin" In Spinster
In the first episode of the regency romance turned steamy Netflix hit Bridgerton, gossip-mongering narrator Lady Whistledown explains that the young women on London's marriage market fear "the dreadful, dismal condition known as the spinster."
By Lacey Doddrow5 years ago in Beat
Self love > Capitalism
1. Billie Eilish – 8 I’d bet that most people think that someone who’s Anti-Valentine’s Day must be a bitter single young woman with a wide collection of plant babies and fur children. Or a guy who doesn’t want to be forced into romantic gestures on a specific day of the year. My truth is that I am a late twenty-year old woman who’s in a very happy and healthy monogamous marriage and I would consider myself Anti-Valentine’s Day!
By Amber Henninger5 years ago in Beat
Valentine Your Way
Valentine’s Day was always so odd to me growing up. Maybe that was simply because I wasn’t overly romantic. Or maybe it was because I found the idea of giggling while your secret crush opens your anonymous letter a tad childish. Or maybe it was simply because I didn’t understand why people suddenly loved their partner more on this one particular day. Even when I got into a relationship, I was determined not to celebrate Valentine’s Day and be that mushy couple that everyone secretly, or perhaps not-so-secretly, detests. But every year my boyfriend (now husband)’s mother would push him to organise some cute surprise for me, and we’d have a nice but relatively low-key day together. It made me realise that, yes, it is just another day in the year and, no, celebrating it doesn’t mean you love your partner anymore, but the day can be whatever you make it!
By Kiarwyn5 years ago in Beat
F**k Valentine's Day: An Anti-Fourteenth of February Playlist
Valentine's Day is bogus. It's a sham. A con. It's an opportunity to make money. Big money. Over $20 billion. That's how much Valentine's Day generates each year.
By Christopher Donovan5 years ago in Beat
How the Women of County Music Celebrate Anti-Valentine’s Day.
To say not everyone loves Valentine’s Day would be an understatement. For every person who believes in the power of Cupid and his arrow, there are two more who think Cupid is just a baby in a diaper brandishing a crossbow.
By Kristen Nazzaro5 years ago in Beat
Roses are red. Violets are blue. I hope these songs are helpful for you.
We survived another dreaded day of Saint Valentine, we missed out on roses and fancy dinners, but we did score 50% off on Valentine’s chocolates. V-Day is unique because while some people are having the time of their lives, many feel isolated and hurt. Some ask what is wrong with themselves, while others are confident their ex was the problem. Love is complicated, beautiful and awful. It can bring happiness and heartache. Yet, we all take the risk of falling in love even if we know the pain that often follows. But regardless of why you are alone on Valentine’s Day, I have a playlist for your particular situation.
By Alanna Weeks5 years ago in Beat
Love is Not a Rainbow
Love is not the rainbow, it is the storm. Love is the unknown chaos that brings us to the treasure on the other side. Love is a series of hurdles we must jump over on our way toward the finish line. Love is not the finish line. Love is not the prize to be won because you cannot win love any more than you can win your way into heaven. Love is also not heaven. Love is life, lived. When your life is explored, experienced, felt, tasted, and known to its fullest extent it becomes your personal heaven. That is love, the process of turning life into heaven.
By Cat Brooks5 years ago in Beat
It's My Life
With most break-ups comes some heartache. Love hurts. But for Bailey, it was utter and complete devastation. It was more than just the pain of a shattered heart, it left her mind lost and her soul empty. Breaking up is hard to do.
By Jody Kuperavage5 years ago in Beat
Valentine's? Valentine's With the A**? Sh*t, Well.
There’s something so satisfying about belting “'Cause I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive” in Carrie Underwood’s iconic hit 'Before He Cheats'—and this satisfaction may have happened when you were nine years old in the back of your parent’s car, it happens when you’ve never experienced relationship heartbreak, and it happens even when you’re in a committed one. The song embodies a universal anger and revenge that we all just want to release at any given moment, so I suppose it is fitting to throw it at the top of my Anti-Valentine’s playlist, because what is more anti-romantic love than a song that captures anything but?
By EC5 years ago in Beat
A Playlist For Statehood Day
It's no secret that teenagers are typically very concerned with dating and romance - which makes Valentine's Day a rough time for lonely high schoolers. Fortunately, I grew up in Arizona, where Valentine's Day is not just a holiday about romantic love and coupledom. It's also Statehood Day!
By Lacey Doddrow5 years ago in Beat