Dear Men and Boys: There Are No “Red Pills”

The most lonely I’ve ever been in my life was during my first year and a half of college.

I was an out-of-state student adjusting to a new world without much guidance. Perpetually sick, one week I had a cold, next week a fever, rinse and repeat from September to winter break. As a way to cope, I enveloped myself in music; listening to my iPod at virtual all times where human interaction…