- lundquist and curington, “love me tinder, love me sweet“
- fetters, “the five years that changed romance” (yes, this is not an academic article, BUT it does interview holly wood, who wrote her dissertation on the topic (but sadly has yet to publish on it). holly is also a former student who is super awesome, by the way…)
- stempfhuber and liegl, “intimacy mobilized: hook-up practices in the location-based social network grindr” (yes, 3 things is a lot to read! but this is the only standard academic article, and it does a nice job of framing this in terms of space and the actual objects, so it’s the most “digital” of the three)
extra stuff you will never read is below…
- tindr has its own sociologist! read more…
- this is not a cat influencer, but a dog influencer, so cave canem, but here’s a new interview with the owners/exploiters of “mr. bubz” (not to be confused with ‘lil bub) (how do they make money? here’s how)
- human celebrities are weird, too. “cameo is weirder than anyone expected”