Scrubbing a stranger 🛀 My twist on Tinder’s disposable dating culture

This essay was originally published in 2017 on offbeathome.com, and then migrated to The Afterglow, my now-retired members-only publication. A longtime reader recently contacted me asking if they could share the article as part of a sex therapy class they’re teaching… so I’m republishing it here for them — but also for you, too.