Newsletter # 3: Sneak Peek — The Chorus Content Series
More than just love.
I'm a fan of the New York Times' Modern Love column. But even though I'm a sucker for sweet stories and neat lessons, I find it a little too, well, perfect. It covers romantic love pretty thoroughly, but it rarely touches on the millions of other forms modern connection takes in our lives.
Next week we’re launching The Chorus, our own content series about all things online dating, modern relationships, and adult friendship. Yes, Chorus is a matchmaking app, but it’s also a community of people in all stages of relationships with relatable, valuable stories to share.
We’re starting with a handful of essays that cover everything from being anti-low maintenance to the not-great date we learned from to redefining the concept of family through friendship. We’ll highlight a different story in this newsletter each week.
Here's a teaser for all you wonderful newsletter readers (hi, we love you):
You Are Not a Cactus: The Anti Low Maintenance Manifesto
By Rebecca Louise Miller
“The vulnerability of a true desire, expressed without apology, can be the sexiest, most life-affirming thing on earth. And it’s an intimacy that relationships can’t really thrive without.”
Why I've Stopped Trying So Hard to Make Mom Friends
By Sara Petersen
"There is a tacit expectation that once we go from being autonomous beings to MOTHERS, we should subsume those aspects of our personalities that once delineated us as multifaceted individuals and be happy, nay, fulfilled, wiling away social hours chatting about sleep-training strategies."
We have amazing writers in the mix, but we're always looking for new voices. Email me (emily@getchorus.co) if you want to write for us.
We met. We talked. We bonded.
Last week we had our first Chorus Committee meetup in New York! We did some mingling, then tested out salon-style discussion groups about evening the load of emotional labor and another about making and maintaining adult friendships.
The goal of these salon-style discussions was two-fold:
Build intimacy with friends (new and old) by discussing topics that are prevalent in our lives but that we don't always open up about.
Work towards identifying practical, everyday solutions around common relationship issues together.
The problems with online dating culture goes beyond apps themselves. Our vision is to enhance modern relationships in all forms—making us more honest, intimate, and human with each other—on and offline.
In the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out calls for discussions across our community, so keep an eye out. In the meantime, we're always looking for new Chorus Committee members; email hello@getchorus.co to join today.
Forward to a friend?
We're still very new at this, and, as always, could use your help spreading the word. We would *love* if you could do us quick favor and forward this newsletter and our sign-up link to a friend who you think would appreciate what we're about.
And don't forget to connect with us on social media (links below!)
Til next time,
Emily
@emjsmith
CEO & Founder