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Culture & Entertainment

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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Culture & Entertainment

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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Culture & Entertainment

Let’s Stop Glorifying Men in Maid Outfits

In a TikTok with almost 2 million likes, user @plumsoju laments to the camera, “You say you want boys in a maid outfit. Why am I still single? Where’s my…

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Activism, News, & Politics

White People, Why Is It So Hard to Dump Your Racist Friends?

Following the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement became more powerful than ever. The country reached its boiling point: the streets were…

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Life

It’s Deeper Than Daisies: Marxism, Cottagecore, and Aesthetic Resistance

Sunlight streaming through the treetops, fresh bread baking, baby animals frolicking in fields—these are just a few of the images that characterize cottagecore, an emerging internet subculture dedicated to a…

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Fashion & Beauty

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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Activism, News, & Politics

Unpacking the Instagram Infographic Industrial Complex

Here’s what’s happening in Lebanon. Here’s a list of legal funds. Here’s a list of petitions to sign. Here’s how to be a good ally. If you’ve been on Instagram…

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We Need to Talk About the “Good for Her” Genre

I’m (Not) Sorry for Ghosting You

Swift’s Secret Lovers: Intention, Perception, and Artistic Interpretation

A Beginner’s Guide to Trying Edibles

Trending posts

We Need to Talk About the “Good for Her” Genre

I’m (Not) Sorry for Ghosting You

Swift’s Secret Lovers: Intention, Perception, and Artistic Interpretation

A Beginner’s Guide to Trying Edibles

Trending posts

We Need to Talk About the “Good for Her” Genre

I’m (Not) Sorry for Ghosting You

Swift’s Secret Lovers: Intention, Perception, and Artistic Interpretation

A Beginner’s Guide to Trying Edibles

We Need to Talk About the “Good for Her” Genre

I’m (Not) Sorry for Ghosting You

Swift’s Secret Lovers: Intention, Perception, and Artistic Interpretation

A Beginner’s Guide to Trying Edibles

Trump’s America Is Nothing New, But I Hope We Learn From It.

The Irreverence of the Fancam

The Day Georgia Made History, Again.

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