A compassionate guide to the mentality of dating and how to find care, love and meaningful connections in the digital age.Swiping, situationships, ghosting... Dating is hard. Why is it so easy to make connections yet so hard to maintain them? Sex and dating journalist Rachel Thompson blends her decade-long investigation of love post-dating apps with expertise from mental-health professionals and socialists alongside interviews with real people to find answers. With care for marginalised communities, this book reveals- why our odds of finding someone compatible are 1 in 562; the scientific meaning of 'the spark'; how technology warps communication and self-esteem; why we're becoming more sensitive to rejection; what real emotional availability looks like.An essential resource for nurturing your wellbeing and establishing healthy connections and boundaries, The Love Fix offers love beyond the algorithm.
Required reading for every person who is dating right now. Beth Ashley
Rachel is a brilliant writer and has revolutionised conversations around love and modern dating. Shahed Ezaydi, Stylist
An important feminist voice and a spectacular writer. This book will change how (and maybe even whether) we date. An extraordinary piece of work. Sofie Hagen, author of 'Happy Fat' and 'Will I Ever Have Sex Again?'
Rachel Thompson is the best sex and dating writer since Candace Bushnell. The Love Fix is a companion guide to navigating the highs and lows of modern dating. This book helps us understand why we are the way we are and why we feel things so deeply in the realm of love. This book will validate your experiences and emotions and help you feel less alone in the perilous dating scene. Gigi Engle, author of 'All The Fcking Mistakes'
We’ll never have all the answers or even all the questions we have about love fully explained, but it’s clear that the landscape of intimacy has changed and that we are simultaneously hyper-connected and disconnected. This book really unpacks and unpicks how these contextual shifts and adaptations have changed our social expectations when it comes to love, and has altered the course of how we meet, start and maintain loving connections. Kate Moyle, Psychosexual Therapist and author of 'The Science Of Sex'
Fascinating! So well-researched and insightful. I kept screenshotting pages to send to my friends - the highest form of praise. Radhika Sanghani, author of 'I Wish We Weren't Related' and '30 Things I Love About Myself'
It is very tempting to respond to modern dating culture with the harshness it hits us with - but Rachel sets us the challenge of radical sensitivity, not only to each other but to ourselves. A must-read for anyone who has forgotten that their greatest love story will not be with an imagined partner, but actually their own self. Sophia Smith Galer, author of 'Losing It'
Navigating the maze of modern love is challenging at the best of times, more so when you’re in your thirties and the pressure to partner up grows increasingly heavy. But knowledge is power and The Love Fix offers its reader both ... Thompson provides her reader with a rich and timely analysis of today’s dating landscape, alongside the tools to help us all navigate it a little more fruitfully. This book will help you feel less alone and more supported in pursuit of whatever kind of love you may currently be after. Emma Louise Boynton, host of 'Sex Talks' *
Rachel Thompson is a British author and journalist specialising in sex, dating, and relationships. Her first book Rough- How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, an investigation into sexual violence, was published by Square Peg (Vintage) in August 2021. Stylist called Rough \"2021's most important book about sex\". Rachel is the Features Editor at Mashable and a leading sex and relationships writer in the UK who has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, British Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The Telegraph, CNN, HuffPost, and more.
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