Author Kayleen Schaefer Writes Her Friendships Like Love Stories
I keep a box of love letters I’ve written and never sent on a shelf in my bedroom. The oldest ones date back to middle school, dedicated to crushes. The…
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The Sisters Behind Underwear Brand Siren Basics
Every bona fide Cool Girl comes equipped with a few things: layered necklaces, a mini bag, vintage denim, and now Siren Basics. 21-year-old Brenda Liang and her 16-year-old sister Clara…
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Getting Cancelled? Take a Page Out of @Glamdemon2004’s Book
Serena Shahidi, also known as @Glamdemon2004, has become one of the most recent victims of TikTok teens’ fervent cancellation of influencers. She’s since deleted the culprit TikTok, in which she…
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They Wanted to Win. Then They Made @ShittyNewYorkerCartoonCaptions
Theirs is a classic story: a guy meets a guy at a party and they embark on a ten-year journey of virality and pseudo-ironic humor. Matt Jordan and Willy Staley…
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The Viral Instagram Page Diving Into the Depths of Wikipedia
My quarantine consisted of a lot of wallowing and a little reading. 21-year-old Annie Rauwerda, a junior at the University of Michigan, was slightly more productive. Annie saw quarantine as…
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Makeup in Conversation with Frostie Delite
Isze and I have been friends since we both started college at NYU three years ago, and she’s been Frostie Delite (her alter ego-slash-imaginary-friend-slash-makeup-service) for the last two. As Frostie,…
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The Sex Workers Who Aren’t Wearing Prada
Stella, a Rhode Island-based erotic dancer, has worked at her local club for the past five years. She started at 19, when her then-boyfriend went to jail and she found…
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Hong Kong Creative Josie Ho Talks Quarantine
Josie Ho is a true multi-hyphenate artist. An actress, singer, producer, and designer, Ho is one of Hong Kong’s most celebrated underground creatives. She received the Best Actress Award for…
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K.O. Talks Asian Representation and Her New Single
K.O. is an LA-based creative with a cult following thanks to her striking visual art, photography, modeling, and more. After working with Billie Eilish, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ciara, and Charlie…
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