Picky

Stories of Dating in a Relationship Recession

De: Chanté Joseph

'This is not dating advice, it is a dating reality check'

Picky is Chanté Joseph's bitingly funny and anecdotally informative deep-dive into today's dating landscape. As a single woman approaching thirty, Chanté is very familiar with modern dating culture, steeped as it is in messy situationships, choice paralysis and the gamification of dating apps.

Longing for the real deal in the midst of what researchers are calling a 'relationship recession' is not for the faint of heart. But instead of settling or falling for pernicious narratives about somehow being unworthy of love,?Chanté?advocates being?picky. Once considered an insult, she believes being picky is actually a form of power, a declaration that you won’t compromise on the life you want.

Picky situates single women's experiences of dating, traded up to now as horror stories over a glass of wine, within the current socio-political context, which valourises trad wives, men in finance and being 'high value'. In her trademark, whipsmart style, Chanté tosses aside the narratives that no longer serve us, interrogates the harmful myths than perpetuate negative dating experiences and serves us with an exciting alternative: don’t drop your standards, choose carefully and stay picky.