Brands have rightly diagnosed a desire for connection and romance, hosting “mixers,” posting personals, and even producing dating shows on social. But what role should they really be playing as matchmakers? We wanted to hear from someone with a real pulse on the dating scene and hit up Amy Rose Spiegel, a <a href="https://www.thecut.com/author/amy-rose-spiegel/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">senior editor at The Cut </a>and author of the publication's Personals newsletter to come on the pod. We talk about why she doesn’t buy into the stereotype that Gen Z aren’t having sex, dating narrative bias in media, why you should never use AI for dating, how romantasy has shifted the way some people are dating, and if people are tired of brands mediating their love life. IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sideprojects__/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sideprojects__</a>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SideProjectsPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SideProjectsPodcast</a>Substack: <a href="https://sideprojectsco.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sideprojectsco.substack.com/</a>&nbsp;<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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