relationships – Alex Verman Green

Can watching British gardening shows turn you into an adult? | A.Side

I wrote for A.Side about what your media diet says about you, and how your relationships map out on TV.

To Everyone I Ghosted, Good Riddance

When apps like Tinder first hit the mainstream, people were quick to reflect on how casual dating was killing modern romance. In the years since, millennials were mocked for concepts like “ghosting” — the practice of slowly killing off a relationship through avoiding, evasion, and silence.
But what does the supposed death of modern romance mean for those of us who have never had it as an option? Is “ghosting” experienced differently by queer people? And if so, how?