Online Challenges Hit a Sour Note for Queer and Trans Communities
I was overwhelmed with the memory of my old image.
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Reclaiming Hysteria: Disability Advocates Have Embraced YouTube—But the Feeling Isn’t Mutual
Demonetization and algorithm bias can dramatically affect the income that disabled creators stand to make.
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The Real Truth About YouTube’s Obsessive Purity Subculture
There’s something sickly comforting about believing that staying pure will give you power, about the idea that everything will be okay if you follow the rules.
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Foundational Power: The Rise of Bangladeshi American Beauty Vloggers
Makeup can build, dismantle, assert, and help defy ideas of what “disciplined” bodies should look like.
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I Knew You Were Trouble When You Logged In: “The Swift Life” Monetizes and Exploits Fandom
Taylor Swift manipulates a feeling of closeness to deepen fans’ investment.
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Pistols or Pearls: Gender Reveal Parties Are a Sham
Gender-reveal parties reinforce a faux binary.
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Not All Russians: The Ethics of Internet Bots
Is the #botally community following ethics that lessen harm?
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Killer Crush: Inside Tumblr’s Serial Killer Fandom Problem
Social media has made serial killer fandom more accessible.
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Picture Perfect: #Homes is the Whitest, Most Bizarre Community on Instagram
The rules for Instagram homes are a throwback to the 1950s.
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