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Right wing pick me influencers and dating app discourse

September 2, 2026 · 52 min

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Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball discusses right wing pick me influencers, and Lucy Reade dives into dating app discourse. 


Pick me influencers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBenSXzMqyM

https://archive.ph/q1j7q

https://youtu.be/W-N6XRhqXf0?si=lkRE5N4Cz8LqoOYN&t=1261 

https://youtu.be/W-N6XRhqXf0?si=aZfdDgeJ3RdE5jKQ&t=1332 


Dating app discourse:

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/is-it-inappropriate-to-use-linkedin-as-a-dating-app-i-do-g2cxxsfs3

https://x.com/graveair/status/1862142683260551365?s=20 

https://x.com/SchrodingrsBrat/status/2093075305799791097?s=20


Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade


Produced by Matt Withers


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