in this special first episode Season 2 (Apple Podcast link here Link with Spotify here) of strangers on the internet with co-hosts and psychologists michelle langerWe welcome best-selling authors, award-winning journalists, filmmakers and producers Nancy Jo Sales. Longtime critic of online dating and social media – her viral piece on how Tinder is ruining dating is here–Nancy Jo talks about why dating app operators think she is a thorn in their side in part 1 of this interview, how dating apps are intentionally addictive, and why we see so when apps lead to malicious encounters Lots of victim blaming. What does evolutionary biology have to do with dating apps? Why does Nancy Jo think these apps have profound cultural implications, such as making men callous? Come hear one of the most unique voices on all things dating apps – things are about to get tricky!
Nancy Jo’s book Nothing’s Private: My Secret Life in Dating App Hell is out now here and her book “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers” are available here. Her documentary “Swipe: Hooking Up in the Digital Age” can be found here. Her latest article in The Guardian on how women have started calling out toxic online dating in social media groups is here.
Some helpful previous podcast episodes are our take on Tinder Decade and our exclusive interview with Tinder Swindler victim Cecilie Fjellhøy (part 1 with part 2).
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