What I Learned From the Findom Community on Twitter
Twitter has become a hub for the modern-day sex worker over the past couple of years. No matter who you follow, you’re bound to run into someone in sex work—whether…
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Why Do We Love “Skins”?
You’d think after seven years of being off the air, Skins’ audience might have at least begun to grow out of the British dramedy by now. But recent viral TikToks…
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Why Can’t We Stop Buying Counterfeit Clothing?
My first (and last) encounter with counterfeit clothing was eight years ago. Our family friends from America came to stay with us in the Philippines and asked if we could…
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Trying to Navigate Elite College Culture When You’re Not Elite
As a low-income student at a top-tier university flooded with wealth and status, I faced a certain amount of financial insecurity throughout my undergraduate experience. My freshman year signified my…
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Melanin & Stuff: I Shouldn’t Want to Be Pretty
I was in line to fill my bottle at the water fountain, standing behind a girl in the grade below me. When she finally moved over, I told her: “Oh…
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What It Means to Be a Slut in 2020
I often refer to myself as a self-proclaimed slut—be it in applications for writing jobs, my subsequent articles, or simply in the pleasantries exchanged during first and second dates. The…
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TikTok and the Never-Ending Perpetuation of Thrifted Glam
Up until about three weeks ago, I was a staunch TikTok skeptic. I refused to download the app, citing it as a mega-waste of time and something that I didn’t…
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The (Queer?) Opulence of Harry Styles
When beloved boy band One Direction broke up in 2015, millions of fans all over the world were devastated. For many, the band’s upbeat pop anthems and meticulously styled matching…
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Coastal Supremacy Is Classist (And a Little Racist)
When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, a not-so-uncommon conversation in my Northern California town was whether or not California should secede from the Union. “We’d have the ninth highest…
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