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
02.19.2026
Message from her match was 'like a robot had sent it.' How AI is changing dating apps
02.19.2026
Is this man for real? The perils of trying to detect AI use while online dating
03.15.2026
The Pink Pill : New documentary exposes the long battle to bring Addyi — the first libido drug for women — to market
02.19.2026
Message from her match was 'like a robot had sent it.' How AI is changing dating apps
02.19.2026
Is this man for real? The perils of trying to detect AI use while online dating
02.14.2026
«On regardait le même gâteau. Il m’a demandé: sucré ou salé?» Ou quand le réel éclipse les applis de rencontre
11.27.2025
Treena Orchard - Lecture Series '25 - Vulnerbro: Documenting the Tender Edges of Masculinity
11.27.2025
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
10.07.2025
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
07.20.2025
Why in-person dating is making a comeback — and why Gen Z is struggling with it
07.03.2025
'Some loved it and some tore it apart': How the erotic novel All Fours captured the zeitgeist – and divided readers
07.02.2025
Is the romance with dating apps over? Big cuts at Bumble, Match raise questions
02.13.2025
There's plenty of relationship advice on social media. Here's why you shouldn't always take it to heart
02.10.2025
AI dating is about data, not love: How to resist the tech takeover of romance
11.17.2024
The Realities of On-Line Dating; Love at First Swipe with Dr. Treena Orchard
11.07.2024
Why are young men attracted to older women? It's not what you think
09.05.2024
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they’re no longer about finding love – podcast
09.05.2024
The emotional toll of dating apps and why they're no longer about finding love
07.31.2024
Age-gap relationships between Millennial women and Gen Z men are on the rise
07.13.2024
Frustrated with dating apps? These experts have tips for a better swiping experience
07.09.2024
Sticky, Sexy, Sad: Swipe Culture and the Darker Side of Dating Apps
06.05.2024
Single people are fed up with dating apps and returning to the real world to meet their match
05.30.2024
Single people are fed up with dating apps and returning to the real world to meet their match
05.05.2024
'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
02.27.2024
Dr. Treena Orchard of Western University On How To Navigate Our Complicated Modern World To Find Love
11.16.2023
America's Relationship Revolution: Women in midlife and beyond are a thing. Here’s why.
11.01.2023
Stark Conversation with Dr. Treena Orchard- The Subjectivity of Safe
10.27.2023
Cat Person, 'charity sex' and why women sleep with men they don’t want to
10.04.2023
Are We Dating The Same Guy? Online groups toe the line between protecting women and defaming men
09.21.2023
The Sexy Times: Professor Treena Orchard—anthropologist, author and activist—talks digital dating.
08.18.2023
Defamation case underscores how reality is hard to discern in online dating, says anthropologist
04.15.2023
As a recently single Toronto millennial, I dreaded finding love online. So I went speed dating.
02.26.2023
‘It’s not you, it’s the apps’: Western prof talks nuances digital dating
02.14.2023
Dr. Treena Orchard discusses self-love and sexual wellness on The Morning Zoom with Sam & Jane
02.14.2023
Hour 3 – Valentine’s Day Edition: The Draft | Sex Wellness for Women | Wright or Wrong
02.03.2023
The Social – How Sexual Wellness Boosts our Health
12.07.2022
5 Ways to Show Appreciation for Your Partner During the Holiday Season
10.20.2022
2022 Best Female Scientists Ranking Highlights the Work of 1000 Spectacular Women
02.10.2022
Bumble to Tinder, how the world sees powerful women leading dating apps
09.02.2022
The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality and Culture
08.03.2022
Exploring the links between slang and sexual and gender-based violence among university students in a Canadian city
02.10.2022
“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership
11.27.2021
Deconstructing Social Constructs: Their Origins, Their Impact & Their Solutions below.
09.05.2021
Chill Broad, Bitch Boi; Twink: What Sexual Slang Reveals About Gen Z'ers
04.22.2021
Western students decry toxic party culture following OWeek sexual assault allegations
04.09.2021
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
04.22.2021
Sex and intimacy coaching can help strengthen connections between people during the COVID-19 pandemic
03.31.2021
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
12.01.2020
On Zoom, men don’t like feeling watched & judged, but women are used to it
09.17.2020
Flushing My Stresses Away: Bathrooms as Spaces of Self-Recovery & Solace During Covid
02.10.2020
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
08.15.2019
Amour et désir sur internet: les hommes ne sont pas prêts à se faire draguer par les femmes!
07.28.2019
