I’m excited to share my latest research article, “Bumble’s ticking clock: Dating app temporal design as neoliberal discipline” as part of a special issue I am guest editing for the journal Discourse, Context, and Media on Discourse, Digital Intimacies, & Online Dating.

You can access the article free until July 18, 2025.

Bumble presents itself as a feminist alternative in the dating app world, empowering women by requiring them to make the first move. But what happens when that empowerment is placed under a 24-hour time limit?

In this paper, I take a critical look at how Bumble’s temporal features—especially the countdown to message—create new forms of digital labor and reinforce subtle disciplinary pressures under the guise of empowerment. Drawing on postfeminist and neoliberal theories, as well as multimodal discourse analysis and ethnographic insight, I explore the tension between platform promises and user experience.

If you’re interested in gender, technology, digital culture, or the politics of platform design, I hope you’ll take a look—and share your thoughts.

👉You can access the article free until July 18, 2025. After that, email me for a copy if you don’t have access.

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