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Culture & Entertainment

What’s the Point of “Fake Accounts”?

One of the best sentences in Fake Accounts stands on its own, separated from the narrator’s musings on dating apps and the 2010s: “At some point you have to admit…

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7 min

Culture & Entertainment

Oops!… We Did It Again: Why We Get Off on Women’s Pain

On February 5, 2021, The New York Times dropped a feature-length documentary chronicling Britney Spears’ turbulent rise to pop stardom. While Britney stans well-versed in #FreeBritney discourse may not have…

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6 min

Life

Foucault, Data, and Human Intimacy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

What is really mine anymore? On any given day, I’m letting little bits and pieces of my personal life become available to someone—or something—else. I don’t read the terms and…

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Culture & Entertainment

The Twitter Account Reviving Whisper, One Thirst Tweet at a Time

Up until two months ago, I’d completely forgotten about Whisper. The anonymous secret-sharing app peaked when I was in middle school circa 2014, and then proceeded to fall from grace—largely…

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4 min

Life

Online Fatigue and the Myth of the Digital Detox

During the middle of quarantine, I read the book How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell; I thought my life was changed forever. The way the author spoke about digital…

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5 min

Life

I Know You’re in Quarantine, So Why Are You Leaving Me on Read?

When facing deadlines or events, people with anxiety tend to cope by either over-preparing for every possible scenario or expertly procrastinating. I’m the type of person who will wait to…