Valentine's Day is a day of love, a special day on which we're supposed to make sure that those around us know how much we care for them. But on this day when Cupid is supposed to strike us with his arrow, there are several reasons to think love isn't what it once was in the United States.
:volcel-judge: is doing their job too well.
Please :amerikkka: start fucking more, for the economy.
I don't have any specific recommendations unfortunately. It's more just an observation since dating apps have gotten pretty big in the last few years and someone is making money off of them. I've read articles about the psychological effects of Tinder and they affirmed my experience but that's about it.
My basis comes from Kollontai though. She was a Bolshevik, so a little before dating apps became popular, but she wrote about romance and sex under capitalism and it's some interesting stuff. I'm sure there's more recent literature on the subject out there but I haven't read any of it.
Haven't read any articles, watched a YT vid or two, the apps seems really damaging to someone's self esteem and wallet. It being one of the leading causes for the changes the cnn article talks about is unsurprising.
:stalin-approval: thanks for the recommendation, her writings like "Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle" seem quite interesting.
I don't have any specific recommendations unfortunately. It's more just an observation since dating apps have gotten pretty big in the last few years and someone is making money off of them. I've read articles about the psychological effects of Tinder and they affirmed my experience but that's about it.
My basis comes from Kollontai though. She was a Bolshevik, so a little before dating apps became popular, but she wrote about romance and sex under capitalism and it's some interesting stuff. I'm sure there's more recent literature on the subject out there but I haven't read any of it.
Haven't read any articles, watched a YT vid or two, the apps seems really damaging to someone's self esteem and wallet. It being one of the leading causes for the changes the cnn article talks about is unsurprising.
:stalin-approval: thanks for the recommendation, her writings like "Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle" seem quite interesting.