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Posted inEditor's Pick

The Tinder Car Heist Was a Mess — and the Revenge Plot Even Messier

by Carolyn Wells March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

“He was a self-made tech millionaire looking for a good time. But a Tinder date turned out to be a brazen car theft scam.”

Posted inNonfiction

Messy, Messy Love: A Reading List for Star-Crossed Lovers

by Lisa Bubert February 14, 2023February 16, 2023

It’s complicated: A tribute to real love stories, in all their weird and chaotic glory.

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘This Is Small Talk Purgatory’: What Tinder Taught Me About Love

by Sari Botton December 11, 2019October 19, 2022

Just when she is about to give up on finding real human connection on a dating app, C.J. Hauser meets a mate — who stays in her life for a while.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Man in the Mirror

by Alison Kinney March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

The Man in the Mirror

by Alison Kinney March 9, 2018October 19, 2022

In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.

Graffiti on the sidewalk reading "i saw you on tinder"
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes

A Life Measured in Swipe-Rights

by michelleweber May 12, 2017October 19, 2022

Andrew Kay found himself on the dating scene and the academic job market at the time time, living life as one long interview.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Pilgrim at Tinder Creek

by michelleweber May 11, 2017October 19, 2022

Life as an audition: the job market, the dating market, and the way we construct ourselves to impress.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The People You Meet on Tinder

by Aaron Gilbreath February 12, 2016October 19, 2022

Fresh from a go-nowhere relationship, Gemma Sieff writes an engrossing personal essay in Harper’s about her passing encounters with a series of men she met on Tinder.

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