The Ethics of Social Media Screening
Since the COVID-19 pandemic brought in-person business to a screeching halt, the workplace has never looked so different. An increase in social media use over the course of the pandemic…
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Deux Moi, Amanda Bynes, and the Ethics of Paparazzi
Curled in bed, watching a viral YouTube documentary about the life of Amanda Bynes, I was horrified. Horrified by the entertainment industry’s unreachable standards, by the money-grabbing attitude of her…
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The Danger (and Deliciousness) of Instagram Food Accounts
I thought it was a universally acknowledged truth: it’s not nice to comment on other people’s food. Growing up, remarking on people’s portions or diets was frowned upon. I was…
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Before-and-After Photos Aren’t Good for Eating Disorder Advocacy
At the apex of my eating disorder, I spent hours a day on pro-ana Instagram. For those of you who have been lucky enough never to visit, that’s a community…
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We’re Not Really Strangers Makes Me Feel Held
Three weeks into 2021, I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok, attempting to numb the heartbreak I’d been tending to since the new year. I abruptly stopped on one featuring an…
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Thank You, Instagram, for Ruining My Face
The first time I ever used FaceTune, I was trying to get rid of a pimple present in an otherwise Instagram-worthy selfie with friends. In one tap, it was gone;…
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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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Seeing Instagram for What It Is: For-Profit
As the COVID-19 pandemic has rendered in-person interactions risky and unsafe, social media has become our primary point of contact with others. It’s how we transport our relationships online, how…
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Redefining Celebrity as Distance Disappears
In 2017, a 16-year-old girl named Emma Chamberlain uploaded her first YouTube video. The city-inspired lookbook, filled with a mid-2010s array of Brandy Melville and Pacsun, has now amassed almost…
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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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