Join us for a co nversation with accomplished author and scholar Treena Orchard\, as she di scusses her new book\, Sticky\, Sexy\, Sad: Swipe Culture and th e Dark Side of Dating Apps\, \;with Robin Mazumder. Treena\, a professor at Western University\, offers a unique blend of insight and v ulnerability in this memoir\, which has been described as 'Jane Goodall me ets Carrie Bradshaw'&mdash\;an empowering exploration of the digital datin g landscape through the lens of an anthropologist who isn&rsquo\;t afraid to share her own experiences.
\nPresented in partnership with Words Worth Books.
\nTreena Orchard is an ant hropologist and associate professor in the School of Health Studies at Wes tern University. She researches and engages in activist debates about sexu ality\, gender\, and health among diverse cultural and digital communities . Deeply committed to public scholarship\, she regularly writes for and is featured in leading online publications\, including Cosmopolitan\, Me n&rsquo\;s Health\, and The Conversation.
\nRobin Mazumder is an award-winning neuroscientist explor ing how urban design impacts well-being. He is a postdoctoral fellow with the Future Cities Institute at the University of Waterloo\, associate fell ow with the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University o f Victoria\, and fellow with the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health . A passionate science communicator\, he has delivered 60+ keynotes intern ationally\, and has been featured by the CBC\, Wired\, BBC\, and \;For bes. Robin is currently writing a book on how cities can address pressing issues from mental illness to polarization. He is represented by literary agency Cooke-McDermid.
\nLifelong luddite T reena Orchard was a newly sober woman coming off a much-needed break from relationships\, reluctantly taking the digital plunge by downloading a dat ing app. Instead of the fun\, easy experiences advertised on swiping platf orms\, she discovered endless upkeep\, ghosting\, fleeting moments of sexu al connection\, and a steady flow of misogyny.
\nOrchard uses her sk ills as both an anthropologist who studies sexuality and a sex-positive fe minist to explore what it feels like to want love while also resisting the addictive pull of platforms designed to make us swipe-dependent. She asks important questions for those searching for love in the modern era: What are the social and human impacts of using dating apps? How can we maintain our integrity and warm-blooded desire for intimacy while swiping? Can we resist some of the problematic aspects of swipe culture? Is love on dating apps even possible?
\nRevealing how dating apps are powerful social and sexual technologies that are radically transforming sexuality\, relat ionships\, and how we think about ourselves\, this remarkable book cracks the code of modern romance. Told with humor and vulnerability\, \; Sticky\, Sexy\, Sad \;is a riveting and inspiring guide to stayin g true to ourselves amid the digitization of love in the twenty-first cent ury.
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