Van Badham’s A Fool in Love at the Sydney Theatre Company lampoons the modern Sydney vibe: a city obsessed with wealth, status and, of course, love.
- Academic, Western Sydney University
The #DatingStoryTime hashtag has transformed into a virtual stage where users narrate their dating experiences, a colourful tapestry of narratives that mirrors the complexities of modern romance.
The TikTok beige flag refers to the odd quirks your partner may have – which bother you, but you are also willing to accept – and you probably have one yourself.
This isn’t the first dating app to intersect tech, dating, intimacy and politics.
Launched in 2015, Raya, prides itself on being ‘an exclusive dating and networking platform for people in creative industries’.
Women don’t want to ‘intimidate’ a man through their photos – but this is just one way they are hiding their true selves.
Have you ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ launched your relationship on Instagram yet? The latest trend in love as a marketable commodity.
Lisa Portolan was 19 when The Secret Life of Us premiered. Stumbling upon the four seasons on Netflix, she anticipated a blissful lockdown TV escape, but instead found nostalgia had a dark side.
Finding a Valentine via a dating app is a lot more likely than running into them on the street or getting trapped in a lift with them — even if it lacks a Hollywood moment.
How do you encourage people to date when social distancing? Apps are trying to figure it out.
Love requires imagination. What happens when this imagination spirals?
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