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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption. I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.

Let's face it, people love to judge millennials, especially when it comes to relationships.

Because, you know, millennials, as the haters would have it, they're all

Hello and shallow. Well, Emma Court is going to change your mind.

Here's Emmy Rossum, reading Emma's essay, A Millennials Guide to Kissing.

When a total stranger kissed me, under the artificial lights of an airplane cabin

somewhere above international waters, my first thought was of the orthodox woman sitting to my left.

I hoped she was asleep. It was a 12-hour flight from Tel Aviv to Newark,

and I wanted to nap too. But how could I now? The kiss, coming out of nowhere,

had turned me into the heroin of a bad romance novel, heart fluttering, weak need, every nerve electrified.

My stranger and I were returning from birthright Israel trips with groups from our respective

universities. Birthright Israel is a free 10-day trip to Israel for young Jewish Americans,

and I had wanted to go before I graduated. Last winter, before my final semester of college,

I finally had. Because there are so many young people on birthright Israel trips,

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