Is the viral “let them” theory really that simple?
Sometimes the best advice is the most straightforward. This assumption seems to summarize the appeal of TikTok’s favorite armchair psychologist ...
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Does America’s biggest true crime podcast share true crime’s biggest problems?
By 2017, the true crime podcasting space might have already seemed crowded — but perhaps what it was missing was ...
The controversy over Disney’s new Christian character, briefly explained
Disney has added an explicitly Christian character to Pixar’s new series Win or Lose. That might not be head-turning in ...
The man trying to capture the internet before it disappears
Government websites have undergone massive changes since President Donald Trump returned to office.Some of the changes are routine — like ...
The hypersuccessful, happily-in-love billionaire actress the internet loves to hate
There are three things guaranteed in life: death, taxes, and Selena Gomez pissing off the internet. The latest instance occurred ...
It’s not conspiratorial to be worried about social media’s rightward swing
Many Instagram users this week had their scrolling interrupted by the bearded visage of our newly elected Vice President JD ...
The bright side of TikTok’s downfall
The TikTok ban seems imminent. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would spell the end of TikTok ...
Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?
For years, murmurs of a US TikTok ban have left users and creators furious and terrified that a social media ...
Did my quest to become beautiful just make me uglier?
Sometime last spring, I decided to glow up. This is an extremely embarrassing thing to admit, or at least it ...
Crumbl’s massive empire was never about the cookies
The age of froyo has faded. Fancy cupcakes are passé. The cronut craze is now a distant fever dream. Dessert ...
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