Summary: <p>In this episode, Portia delves into the outwardly horrifying complex of divorce, assesses its impacts, and positions it in a rather liberating and positive light all from her teenage perspective.First Portia introduces herself and reveals her incentive to begin her podcast. Beginning the discussion of divorce, she addresses the social response to divorce despite its regularity over the past twenty to thirty years. Analyzing the increased divorce rate, Portia pinpoints the entrance of women into the public sphere as the reason behind the increase, positioning divorce in a liberating rather than tumultuous light. Later exploring the modern day relationship in the presence of dating websites and apps, she makes a direct connection between the media platforms and a recent slight decrease in divorce rates. Bringing the discussion to a personal level, she emphasizes the effects of social media on the modern day high school relationship, focusing on its simultaneous superficiality and marketability. Concluding the episode, Portia reiterates her belief in that divorce works to achieve happiness, and the social stigma surrounding the (now very common) term detracts from its mission--as a society, we cannot lose sight of the fact that groundbreaking, tremendous female independence led to the often downed-upon frequency of divorce. </p>
