Schrodinger's Douchebag: Modern Misogyny with @TinderTranslators aka Aileen Barratt
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11/01/22 • 47 min
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Hellooooo! Welcome to Season 7, Episode 5 of Mads World: Schrodinger's Douchebag with Aileen Barratt aka @tindertranslators!
This episode of Mads World is sponsored by Kinkystreet. They’re new to town, promoting empowerment, body positivity, inclusivity and those who just want to have fun! Discover your kink with them at kinkystreet.co.uk, and use the code MadsWorld20 for 20% off your order.
Aileen is a writer, digital marketer and the brains behind @TinderTranslators, an Instagram account that has amassed over 77k followers. Tinder Translation is all about decoding the subtext of Tinder bios and highlighting red flags. There is loads of innuendo and so many phrases used over and over dating apps, so much of what is said masks an alterior meaning.
People send Aileen bios, which can be boring, dreadful, funny or arrogant and she translates them into what they really say about the person writing them. So much of what men write on dating apps is laced with misogyny, and it's her mission to unmask it.
She has recently released a book, called Tinder Translator, an A-Z of Modern Misogyny. It’s a hilarious and eye opening feminist commentary on dating apps, shining a light on the blatant misogyny encountered during every swipe session. Scrolling through profile after profile, you'll see the same stock phrases: 'No drama', 'Must be able to hold a conversation' or my personal fave, 'Must have banter'. But what do they actually mean? There’s the funny and the not so funny, the blatant and the not so blatant, and scrolling through is depressing and enraging in equal measure.
In this episode, we chat about everything Aileen has learned through her own years on dating apps, in addition to the experiences of thousands of her followers on Instagram, we dissect some of the stock phrases used on Tinder bios and hopefully leave you feeling a bit more empowered to push back on shitty behaviour or at least see the funny side.
Submit your dating questions through madsworld.mp3, and my guests and I will answer them on the show! You will remain anonymous.
All names within stories have been changed unless explicitly said so within the show.
Click here to support the show for the price of a coffee.
Cover Art: Veredien
Music: The.Jones.Project_93
Hellooooo! Welcome to Season 7, Episode 5 of Mads World: Schrodinger's Douchebag with Aileen Barratt aka @tindertranslators!
This episode of Mads World is sponsored by Kinkystreet. They’re new to town, promoting empowerment, body positivity, inclusivity and those who just want to have fun! Discover your kink with them at kinkystreet.co.uk, and use the code MadsWorld20 for 20% off your order.
Aileen is a writer, digital marketer and the brains behind @TinderTranslators, an Instagram account that has amassed over 77k followers. Tinder Translation is all about decoding the subtext of Tinder bios and highlighting red flags. There is loads of innuendo and so many phrases used over and over dating apps, so much of what is said masks an alterior meaning.
People send Aileen bios, which can be boring, dreadful, funny or arrogant and she translates them into what they really say about the person writing them. So much of what men write on dating apps is laced with misogyny, and it's her mission to unmask it.
She has recently released a book, called Tinder Translator, an A-Z of Modern Misogyny. It’s a hilarious and eye opening feminist commentary on dating apps, shining a light on the blatant misogyny encountered during every swipe session. Scrolling through profile after profile, you'll see the same stock phrases: 'No drama', 'Must be able to hold a conversation' or my personal fave, 'Must have banter'. But what do they actually mean? There’s the funny and the not so funny, the blatant and the not so blatant, and scrolling through is depressing and enraging in equal measure.
In this episode, we chat about everything Aileen has learned through her own years on dating apps, in addition to the experiences of thousands of her followers on Instagram, we dissect some of the stock phrases used on Tinder bios and hopefully leave you feeling a bit more empowered to push back on shitty behaviour or at least see the funny side.
Submit your dating questions through madsworld.mp3, and my guests and I will answer them on the show! You will remain anonymous.
All names within stories have been changed unless explicitly said so within the show.
Click here to support the show for the price of a coffee.
Cover Art: Veredien
Music: The.Jones.Project_93
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The Cost of Loving: 2023 Dating Trends with Alix Fox
3 RecommendationsHellooooo! Welcome to Season 7, Episode 4 of Mads World: The Cost of Loving, 2023 Dating Trends with Alix Fox!
This episode of Mads World is sponsored by Kinkystreet. They’re new to town, promoting empowerment, body positivity, inclusivity and those who just want to have fun! Discover your kink with them at kinkystreet.co.uk, and use the code MadsWorld20 for 20% off your order.
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Up next, we chat about the key trends identified, revealing the freshest dating behaviours and buzzwords you’ll be navigating into 2023 and beyond.
Submit your dating questions through madsworld.mp3, and my guests and I will answer them on the show! You will remain anonymous.
All names within stories have been changed unless explicitly said so within the show.
Click here to support the show for the price of a coffee.
Cover Art: Veredien
Music: The.Jones.Project_93
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Submit your dating questions through madsworld.mp3, and my guests and I will answer them on the show! You will remain anonymous.
All names within stories have been changed unless explicitly said so within the show.
Click here to support the show for the price of a coffee.
Cover Art: Veredien
Music: The.Jones.Project_93
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