Not My Type

Apryl Williams is a jointly appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan in the Department of Communication & Media and the Digital Studies Institute. She is also a Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at the Mozilla Foundation and a Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Her research has been published in Big Data & Society, Ethnicities, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Social Media & Society, among others.

• Introduction1. A New Sexual Racism?2. Automating Sexual Racism3. I'm Just Not Comfortable with Them: The Myth of Neutral Personal Preference4. I've Always Wanted to Fuck a Black or Asian Woman: Being Racially Curated in the Sexual Marketplace5. Safety Thirst: Who Gets to Be Safe While Dating Online?Conclusion: All You Need Is Love (and Transparency, Trust, and Safety)

"[A] troubling investigation of structural racism in online dating platforms.... Williams's highly accessible narrative is made extra intriguing by the liberal inclusion of users' own words sharing their intimate thoughts."—Publishers Weekly "From the automation of white beauty standards to the chilling prevalence of racist abuse in private messages, Williams reveals the harms created when racism, technology, and romance interact."—Angéle Christin, author of Metrics at Work "This book changes how we think about the sociology of the 'real world' in dating by taking seriously the online world where so many of us find love forever or just right now. Apryl Williams shows us a new, better way to do digital sociology, and her writing makes for a compelling read."—Jessie Daniels, author of Nice White Ladies "Not My Type is a timely, insightful book that demonstrates the importance of critical evaluations of Internet technology and its profound impact on individuals' everyday lives."—Sarah Adeyinka Skold, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity "Not My Type is an intriguing work that compellingly examines the importance of excavating the inherent Othering enabled by and proliferated through online dating platforms."—Golden M. Owens, Catalyst