Alexandra Gustafson

Graduate Scholar and PhD Candidate, University of Toronto

Alexandra Gustafson is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholar and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses primarily on the phenomenology of love, especially romantic love. She is co-founder and co-organiser of the Mental Health & Disability Network, a disability visibility initiative that connects philosophy graduate students internationally.

Written by Alexandra Gustafson

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LOVE

Why it can be sublime to love someone who doesn’t love you back

Unrequited love might be bitter and painful, but it is also the ultimate expression of your humanity. Don’t fight it

by Alexandra Gustafson