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:

 

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




11.27.2025

Online dating lacks real connection: anthropologist





11.27.25

Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps




11.06.2025

A guide to thriving in the digital age over 50




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





07.01.2025

Sticky, Sexy, Sad | The Treena Orchard Interview






05.01.2025

Looking For Love? Culture-Specific Dating Apps Can Help





04.14.2025

What's Up London






03.20.2025

Is the "White Lotus" Monologue "Kinda Magical," or Orientalism?





02.14.25

Dating ecology 101: ‘Swipe with your eyes open’





02.13.25

There's plenty of relationship advice on social media. Here's why you shouldn't always take it to heart




02.11.25

YMCA recognizes remarkable women in London





02.2025

YMCA Women of Excellence






02.10.25

AI dating is about data, not love: How to resist the tech takeover of romance





01.24.25

My Bleached Brows Are Hot — But Why Don’t My Hinge Matches Agree?





01.22.25

The power of kink: An anthropologist reviews ‘Babygirl’





11.21.24

Treena Orchard Sticky Sexy Sad On My Magical Midlife





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





10.29.24

Understanding the emotional effects of ghosting in modern dating




10.11.24

Author Interview with Treena Orchard




09.30.24

Swipe Culture & Sex Tech with Dr. Treena Orchard




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



08.01.24

Treena Orchard On 'Sticky, Sexy, Sad' | The Social




07.31.24

Age-gap relationships between Millennial women and Gen Z men are on the rise



07.23.24

Online Dating is Out. Real-Life Romance is In.




07.13.24

Frustrated with dating apps? These experts have tips for a better swiping experience



07.11.24

Why people are breaking up with dating apps




07.09.24

Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps




07.08.24

Treena Orchard





06.12.24

I Matched with 2371 Men, But Only Went On 10 Dates




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



05.2024

This book highlights the (many) real concerns about dating apps




05.18.24

How online apps have transformed datingesponsible Online Dating



05.15.24

Swipe right or left? How dating apps are impacting modern masculinity



05.05.24

'Mini-slot machines': Inside a London woman's journey into dating apps



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


02.14.24

You’re still hot. They just have whiskey dick.



01.27.24

Swipe Right, Stay Safe: A Guide to Responsible Online Dating



01.26.24

Canadian woman made $16K a month on OnlyFans while getting sober


11.16.23

America's Relationship Revolution: Women in midlife and beyond are a thing. Here’s why.




11.06.23

Creating Safe Spaces with Dr. Treena Orchard





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.


09.01.23

Cunnilingus





08.27.23

SEX FILES: What is breadcrumbing? Experts speak out



08.21.23

How safe and successful are dating apps in 2023?




08.18.23

Defamation case underscores how reality is hard to discern in online dating, says anthropologist


08.17.23

New book highlights the dark side of dating apps




06.13.23

A Conversation with Dr. Wednesday Martin




04.15.23

As a recently single Toronto millennial, I dreaded finding love online. So I went speed dating.


03.30.23

The 21 best second date ideas, according to relationship experts



02.26.23

‘It’s not you, it’s the apps’: Western prof talks nuances digital dating



02.24.23

Sexual Wellness Is Self-care: What Experts Want You to Know About It





02.20.23

PAGET: The month of love brings on a plethora of pleasure





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


01.26.23

We’re All Strangers Until We Meet



01.22.23

8 Real Stories From People Who Found Love Online After 40





12.22.22

How to Take a Good Dick Pic, According to Experts





12.07.22

5 Ways to Show Appreciation for Your Partner During the Holiday Season





11.03.22

7 Ways to Show Gratitude for Your Partner This Thanksgiving




11.24.22

How Much Should You Tip Your Tattoo Artist? We’ve Got Answers For Ya



11.21.22

Letter to the Editor: Do labour negotiations have to be so painful?




11.2022

How to Be Happy and Enjoy Being Single (According to 9 Experts)


10.20.22

2022 Best Female Scientists Ranking Highlights the Work of 1000 Spectacular Women


02.10.22

Bumble to Tinder, how the world sees powerful women leading dating apps


10.17.22

Powerful women heading up dating apps are framed as young and sexy



09.04.22

When did tracking a woman’s ‘body count’ become such a thing?



09.02.22

The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality and Culture



08.03.22

Exploring the links between slang and sexual and gender-based violence among university students in a Canadian city


08.04.22

Older women and younger men, you say?




02.10.22

“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership


07.28.22

Western University reports offer steps to address sexual violence




06.27.22

Walking in each other’s shoes





06.26.22

Coping with Ghosting





05.28.22

Gender, Sex and Tech





01.30.22

Is low libido another symptom of the pandemic?




02.10.22

Exploring the impacts of dating apps on mental health among adults




12.21.21

Sex & the City Reboot is more groan than groove, and misses the mark



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



10.21.21

Sex Files: The allure of the older woman




2021

How To Make Your College More Equitable, Diverse, And Inclusive




11.22.21

Leigh Cowart: Hurts So Good





04.24.21

Community conversations about rape culture on university campuses




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

09.19.21

Western University Should Cancel Frosh Week




09.06.21

SEX FILES: Not app-gain! The continuous disappointments of app-dating



09.02.21

From Hot Girl To Gone Girl: Five Dating Takeaways From Summer 2021



04.24.21

Five Tips to Taming the Covid Relationship Rollercoaster



04.22.21

Sex and intimacy coaching can help strengthen connections between people during the COVID-19 pandemic

04.09.21

Marketing or Reality: Is Bumble a Feminist App?



03.31.21

Listen up to “Sex Work in the City“ with the fabulous podcast team at Cheating On Fear



02.03.21

What’s on the agenda for today? Digital Gender Dynamics via Zoom




01.27.21

Tune into & turn up my podcast with Cheating on Fear




12.29.2020

Money, Agency, and Self-Care among Cisgender and Trans People in Sex Work




2020

Interview: The gender dynamics that play out on Zoom





12.01.20

On Zoom, men don’t like feeling watched & judged, but women are used to it




11.13.2020

Revisiting the fears of Covid-19: What was life like six months ago?




10.29.2020

Why Am I Obsessed with Big Little Lies?




10.2020

Equity Champion: Treena Orchard





10.23.20

Learn about the “Quaranfling”






10.08.20

7 Reasons Dating Younger Men is a Smart Choice





09.17.20

Flushing My Stresses Away: Bathrooms as Spaces of Self-Recovery & Solace During Covid




2020

Women Who Roar Instagram Feature



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


02.11.20

Gen Z Hookup Culture




08.15.19

Amour et désir sur internet: les hommes ne sont pas prêts à se faire draguer par les femmes!


07.28.19

Love, lust and digital dating: Men on the Bumble dating app aren’t ready for the Queen bee


06.04.19

Sitting with Sallie guest Treena Orchard


04.29.19

'Sticky, sexy, sad': Western researcher shares dating app experience


03.08.2019

LFP LONGFORM: Is publicly naming sex buyers wise or reckless?




02.16.19

Myth: Girls don't masturbate





05.23.18

What it's like to be a sex worker on Valentine's Day




11.04.16

Exploring the STI testing stigma





Dr. Treena Orchard

London, Ontario
Canada


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