Book Review | Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism by Apryl Williams (Stanford University Press, 2024)

Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating, sociologist and multidisciplinary scholar Apryl Williams refers to a comment made by Christian Rudder, cofounder of the dating app OkCupid: "If your matches are ugly, then you are ugly."Interrogating the flippancy of Rudder's words, Williams demonstrates the inherent racism, sexism, and transphobia of his statement by revealing one simple truth: What is considered "ugly" by dating app algorithms is constructed according to normative, whiteness-based standards of attractiveness, masculinity, femininity, and overall value.