Media
Media
“Why do we write? A chorus erupts. Because we cannot simply live.”
Patti Smith
Devotion (2017:93)
I am always looking for opportunities to collaborate with and contribute to on- and offline publications that reflect my vision for a more equitable and meaningful world. In the spirit of this, I am excited to announce my newest initiatives:
Published Author and Contributing Writer
for The Conversation, The Chorus and Be-Yourself
The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love
accepted as a member
Latest Online Publications and Features
11.27.25
Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps
11.27.2025
Treena Orchard - Lecture Series '25 - Vulnerbro: Documenting the Tender Edges of Masculinity
11.27.25
Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps
11.24.2025
How ‘relationship anarchy’ is changing the nature of connection for millennials and Gen Z
11.10.2025
Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed Constitutional challenge means
10.07.25
This elite matchmaker charges clients up to $100,000. Now, they’re building an AI
08.13.2025
Take It From a Woman: Why Doesn’t Any Straight Man Own a Bottle of Lube?
07.24.2025
Hockey Canada sex assault verdict: Sports culture should have also been on trial
07.20.25
Why in-person dating is making a comeback — and why Gen Z is struggling with it
07.03.25
'Some loved it and some tore it apart': How the erotic novel All Fours captured the zeitgeist – and divided readers
07.02.25
Is the romance with dating apps over? Big cuts at Bumble, Match raise questions
02.13.25
There's plenty of relationship advice on social media. Here's why you shouldn't always take it to heart
02.10.25
AI dating is about data, not love: How to resist the tech takeover of romance
11.17.24
The Realities of On-Line Dating; Love at First Swipe with Dr. Treena Orchard
11.07.24
Why are young men attracted to older women? It's not what you think
09.05.24
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they’re no longer about finding love – podcast
09.05.24
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they're no longer about finding love
07.31.24
Age-gap relationships between Millennial women and Gen Z men are on the rise
07.13.24
Frustrated with dating apps? These experts have tips for a better swiping experience
07.09.24
Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps
06.05.24
Single people are fed up with dating apps and returning to the real world to meet their match
05.30.24
Single people are fed up with dating apps and returning to the real world to meet their match
04.2024
Meet Treena Orchard, the sex-positive author of ‘Sticky, Sexy, Sad’, a dating apps memoir
02.27.24
Dr. Treena Orchard of Western University On How To Navigate Our Complicated Modern World To Find Love
11.16.23
America's Relationship Revolution: Women in midlife and beyond are a thing. Here’s why.
11.01.23
Stark Conversation with Dr. Treena Orchard- The Subjectivity of Safe
10.27.23
Cat Person, 'charity sex' and why women sleep with men they don’t want to
10.04.23
Are We Dating The Same Guy? Online groups toe the line between protecting women and defaming men
09.21.23
The Sexy Times: Professor Treena Orchard—anthropologist, author and activist—talks digital dating.
08.18.23
Defamation case underscores how reality is hard to discern in online dating, says anthropologist
04.15.23
As a recently single Toronto millennial, I dreaded finding love online. So I went speed dating.
02.26.23
‘It’s not you, it’s the apps’: Western prof talks nuances digital dating
02.14.23
Dr. Treena Orchard discusses self-love and sexual wellness on The Morning Zoom with Sam & Jane
02.14.23
Hour 3 – Valentine’s Day Edition: The Draft | Sex Wellness for Women | Wright or Wrong
02.03.23
The Social – How Sexual Wellness Boosts our Health
10.20.22
2022 Best Female Scientists Ranking Highlights the Work of 1000 Spectacular Women
08.03.22
Exploring the links between slang and sexual and gender-based violence among university students in a Canadian city
02.10.22
“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership
11.27.21
Deconstructing Social Constructs: Their Origins, Their Impact & Their Solutions below.
09.05.21
Chill Broad, Bitch Boi; Twink: What Sexual Slang Reveals About Gen Z'ers
04.22.21
Western students decry toxic party culture following OWeek sexual assault allegations
04.09.21
Check out one – or all – of my conversations about how this university tradition is creating a breeding ground for dangerous behaviours and gender-based violence
04.22.21
Sex and intimacy coaching can help strengthen connections between people during the COVID-19 pandemic
03.31.21
Listen up to “Sex Work in the City“ with the fabulous podcast team at Cheating On Fear
12.29.2020
Money, Agency, and Self-Care among Cisgender and Trans People in Sex Work
12.01.20
On Zoom, men don’t like feeling watched & judged, but women are used to it
09.17.20
Flushing My Stresses Away: Bathrooms as Spaces of Self-Recovery & Solace During Covid
02.10.20
Valentine’s Day: Gen Z avoids committed relationships, prefers casual hookups
09.30.2019
Bumble article comments indicate the rise of a far-right feminist-backlash
08.15.19
Amour et désir sur internet: les hommes ne sont pas prêts à se faire draguer par les femmes!
07.28.19
