internet culture
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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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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Welcome To Tingletown: ASMR Is YouTube’s Most Controversial Secret Community
YouTube comments and Reddit threads about ASMRtists reveals an assortment of harassment, body snark, and slut shaming.
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