New Romantics
Is the internet leading us into a 21st century dark age?
New Romantics — Social media platforms keep guzzling our most personal data, with the promise it will be saved forever – but what if it was all lost?
Written by: Emily Reynolds
What being online taught me about love and loss
New Romantics — As we’ve pivoted from IRL communication to screens and chats, conversations have been transformed. In some ways, writes Emily Reynolds, it’s made us closer than ever.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
How technology transformed long-distance relationships
New Romantics — We think a lot about how we turn online relationships into offline ones – what we think of less is how it works the other way round.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
What our online history can tell us about who we are
New Romantics — Our social media experiences reveal a lot about who we are, how we communicate, and what we want to say. Understanding them could help us connect to each other better, writes Emily Reynolds.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Romantic storytelling & the way we perform love online
New Romantics — Telling a story with ourselves at the centre is the way that we make sense of the world, writes Emily Reynolds. But when we tell this story to an audience we don’t quite know, it cheapens everything.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
What I’ve learnt about online dating and intimacy in 2018
New Romantics — Searching for connections online can stop us from meeting someone IRL, as writer Emily Reynolds discovered. Sometimes we need to put down the screen and leave the house.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
The powerful IRL effects of online intimacy
New Romantics — In the digital world, to touch someone – to change their body, their mind, the way they experience the world – you don’t have to touch them at all.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Switch off? In the digital age, we’ll always be reachable
New Romantics — Our constant online presence means we’re always available, even when we don’t want to be.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
Relationships are complex – we shouldn’t have to label them
New Romantics — Our connections with people, particularly online, are becoming harder to categorise. It’s the feeling we should cherish – not the words we use to describe them.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
How ghosting became modern dating’s cardinal sin
New Romantics — We’ve all been there: someone you’re talking to suddenly goes quiet, dropping off the face of the earth. For journalist and author Emily Reynolds, it’s the waiting that hurts the most.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
It’s time to rediscover the intimate magic of a phone call
New Romantics — Today, all of our relationships exist on our mobiles. But, in a world where intimacy has had to adapt to the presence of technology, the simple act of speaking on the phone still retains some kind of starry-eyed power.
Written by: Emily Reynolds
How digital life is distorting love, loss & emotional trauma
New Romantics — In her latest column, writer and author Emily Reynolds examines how technology, with all its noise, has made the silence of a lost relationship louder than ever.
Written by: Emily Reynolds