We began by interrogating the structures of digital matchmaking:

Personal interviews → Examining how people construct, perform, and conceal aspects of their identity online.

Historical analysis → Tracing online dating from classified ads to modern algorithmic romance.

Data & visibility research → Investigating how dating apps reinforce biases in desirability, gender, and race.



This research was further informed by:

The Cult of Beauty Exhibition (Wellcome Collection, London) → Exploring the social construction of desirability.

Zine archive visits → Examining independent publications as counter-narratives to mainstream dating discourse.