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#NoRomo

At Wellesley College, many LGBTQIA+ students say that they feel safer and more seen than they do elsewhere—and that’s part of why both Sophie Chi (she/her) and Jo Ephron (she/they), two aromantic asexual freshmen, decided to attend. Sophie runs a successful Instagram advice account, Dear Wendy, where she mainly answers romance-related advice, but she becomes flustered when a new rival account, Sincerely, Wanda, joins the platform. Suddenly, Wanda is giving advice on the same topics as Wendy—but to Sophie, it looks

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