Megan Sawey
@megansawey.bsky.social
Ph.D. + Lecturer at Cornell - where I teach about and study media culture, sports comm, tech ethics, and identity
FGLI and dedicated to student mentorship
If I’m not writing, I’m running👟
FGLI and dedicated to student mentorship
If I’m not writing, I’m running👟
I analyze how platforms seem to strategically balance appeals to hypergamy or "high-value" dating with regulations (like FOSTA-SESTA) that constrain how intimacy and finances can intersect online. In short, sugar daters are meeting a growing list of platform bans.
Hoping to publish this work soon!
Hoping to publish this work soon!
September 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I analyze how platforms seem to strategically balance appeals to hypergamy or "high-value" dating with regulations (like FOSTA-SESTA) that constrain how intimacy and finances can intersect online. In short, sugar daters are meeting a growing list of platform bans.
Hoping to publish this work soon!
Hoping to publish this work soon!
Linking this article because hypergamy does seem to be having a moment. Interestingly, these discourses are cropping up alongside sugar dating bans in app stores, on Tinder, etc. There's likely a reason Seeking (as the author notes) swapped its sugar dating branding for a hypergamy-focused identity.
September 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Linking this article because hypergamy does seem to be having a moment. Interestingly, these discourses are cropping up alongside sugar dating bans in app stores, on Tinder, etc. There's likely a reason Seeking (as the author notes) swapped its sugar dating branding for a hypergamy-focused identity.