Two women ruled the dating app tech industry last year. How they were portrayed by mainstream media versus how they portrayed themselves in social media says a lot about …
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Tinder Use in Cape Town Reveals the Paradox of Modern Dating
Dating on apps is the new reality, but do they really make dating easier? A Cape Town study finds Tinder complicates it further.
Is Love Overrated?
A poem on the frustration of a hopeless romantic after experiencing another lonely Valentine's day.
A Meditation on a Sense of Self
A hard-won sense of self, hewn out of years of working on myself, cannot be abandoned at the threshold of the possibility of a relationship with a man I …
Is the Dating App Bumble Really Empowering Women?
Will he respond? Will this one like me? Putting myself out there repeatedly made me feel vulnerable, not empowered.
On Grindr, Profile Pictures Are All About Signalling Physical Fitness
On Grindr, the currency used to attract your date is physical fitness versus wealth symbols, used by straight men on Tinder.
Is Technology Turning Us Into Zombies?
A poem about the monotony of our technology-filled lives – what's real anymore and what's not?
Ghosting Isn’t Cruel, It’s Elegant
Let's be honest, every man or woman that lives on your phone is only half-real. Do they really deserve your time and justifications?
Looking Past the Pictures to Find ‘Real’ Interaction on Dating Apps
How many of us have lost out on our soulmates because the person 'did not look the part' in their pictures?