US Edition'Swiped' Review: Swipe Left on This Biopic of Tinder and Bumble Boss Whitney Wolfe
The biopic depicts Whitney Wolfe Herd overcoming sexism in tech to create Bumble, empowering women in dating and reshaping app culture, streaming now on Hulu.
- The film 'Swiped' premiered globally earlier this month and began streaming on Disney+ and Hulu on September 19, portraying Whitney Wolfe Herd's journey in tech and dating apps.
- The movie depicts Wolfe Herd’s early tenure at Tinder in 2012, her harassment experiences, lawsuit against Tinder in 2014, and her founding of the female-focused app Bumble.
- Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the film aims to explore Wolfe Herd’s story amid the toxic tech culture and broader issues of how people treat each other in society.
- Goldenberg explained that while the film focuses on Tinder and Bumble, it also explores broader social behaviors and how individuals have the power to shape a more positive cultural environment if they choose to.
- 'Swiped' highlights ongoing challenges women face in tech and suggests that courage to challenge harmful behavior is key to cultural progress, while Wolfe Herd continues leading Bumble today.
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The Independent (US)Swiped is a girlboss Social Network that is half film, half Bumble advert – review
This Disney+ biopic treats Whitney Wolfe Herd’s often harrowing experiences in the male-dominated tech industry with appropriate seriousness, but ultimately becomes a bland PR exercise
'Swiped' Is A Girlboss-Era Movie That’ll Leave You Feeling Conflicted
'Swiped' stars Lily James as Whitney Wolfe Herd and follows the tech founder as she helps revolutionize dating, from co-founding Tinder, facing sexual harassment, to then founding the woman-focused dating app Bumble.
The co-founder of the dating app Tinder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, founded the competition app Bumble years later. How it came about, what the whole thing has to do with a labor lawsuit, and why Wolfe Herd has since been regarded as a feminist icon. As co-founder and marketing director of Tinder, Whitney Wolfe Herd was considered one of the young rising voices in Silicon Valley in 2014. However, her way into the world of tech startups took a abrupt tu…
20th Century's "Swiped" Brings Viewers the Untold Story Behind Bumble’s Game-Changing Rise
Hulu’s newest original film from 20th Century Studios, Swiped, dramatizes the real-life journey of Whitney Wolfe Herd, the tech entrepreneur who went from being a co-founder of Tinder to creating Bumble, a platform that flipped the script on digital dating. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the biopic takes a sleek,...
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