Each week we bring you a talented female artist who creates incredible quality content and this week, we've picked Samantha Rothenberg, aka Violet Clair, the illustrator who turns her follower's submissions on their sh**ty dating experiences into comics and memes. They are quirky, funny, and oh so relatable to anyone who is dating or has dated (so, everyone really). Once you've enjoyed some of our favorite of her brilliant creations below, check out last week's female artist of the week in case you missed it.
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Dating is a tricky place. Whether it's online, blind, or a witty pick up line at the bar, the ways to start that dance are nearly endless. Unfortunately, some people still don't manage to navigate its nuances, and end up a lesson what not to do.
The world is changing before our very eyes, and with that, so is love. Here are some all-too-relatable tweets about love and romance in the time of COVID-19, about dating, isolation, and marriage. It's all turned upside down and we wonder if love will ever be the same again after this
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Now, more than ever, relationships are on a test.
Who will survive a few weeks of quarantine together? And what about all those singles?
Here are some funny tweets guaranteed to make you laugh, cry or both.
Just in case you have missed our previous list, here's a link.
The rules of quarantine and social distancing are simple: stay at home, do not see anyone and definitely do not hook up with people on dating apps. Ok, the last one isn't an official rule, but it's kind of obvious. For some people, however, it doesn't seem so obvious, and despite the world being in lockdown, there is some folk out there still trying to carry on as normal and get laid, using Tinder and other apps. While we're all for having virtual Facetime dates, for the time being, meeting up with someone in real life is risky for you, for them and for other vulnerable people. Can love (and sex) wait until coronavirus leaves us? Apparently not for these people...
Now, more than ever, relationships are on a test.
Who will survive a few weeks of quarantine together? And what about all those singles?
Here are some funny tweets guaranteed to make you laugh, cry or both.
Just in case you have missed our previous list, here's a link.
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Ever been on such a horrible date that all you can really do is run for the hills and laugh it off? We've ALL been there. Sometimes dates just don't go as smoothly as we would hope and in the end... there just very VERY funny stories to tell.
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Valentine's Day is fast approaching, throwing single people everywhere into a Hallmark-induced blind panic of swiping on dating apps like Tinder, desperately trying to find love. But as fun as endless hours of virtual flirting can be, dating apps can also be vapid spaces filled with inappropriate and unsolicited (often one-way) sexual exchanges.
One artist who experienced such interactions on Tinder is Dafna Steinberg. She was inspired to create a collection called "I'm Willing To Lie About How We Met", in which she uses real opening lines men sent her in personal messages on the app. She sets these "against a backdrop, of romantic imagery from advertising, romance novels, and fashion editorials found in vintage magazines and books." Her project "examines the differences between the superficial hopes of romantic love, the stark reality found on dating sites and trying to reconcile the two while combating the misogyny of 'hook up' culture."
And they say romance is dead…
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