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In India’s COVID-19 Crisis, Social Media Does What Government Won’t
Social media has emerged as a COVID-19 helpline full of flood of requests for ICU beds, oxygen, and antiviral drugs like Remdesivir.
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Bitcoin Is Astrology for Men
Astrology is sometimes looked down on, while cryptocurrency is heralded as the future of finance.
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Mean to an End: How Online Harassment Became a Feature, Not a Bug
The facilitation of harassment may be social media’s most reliable content strategy.
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Saweetie, Rihanna, and the Memeification of Domestic Violence
What does it mean to live in a society where violence against women and girls is treated as comedic fodder?
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Cat-Eared Brainwashing: “Josie and the Pussycats” Prophesied the Age of Influencers
It’s a film that tickles the absurdities of the past and, in doing so, has successfully determined the misfortunes of our future.
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Beyond Skin Deep: Khloé Kardashian, Madison Beer, and Social Media’s Unwinnable Beauty Game
We’re all body positive so long as that positivity includes warping ourselves beyond recognition.
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Unhappy Medium: The Business of Misery Memes
The meme has entered a new era as an emotional shorthand.
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Shrimpy Shenanigans: We Could All See How the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Saga Would End
While the internet revels in tasks like identifying racists and getting them fired, it can struggle with milkshake ducks that may not have neat, tidy stories.
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Boomer to Zoomer: Grim Generational Relations Aren’t An Accident
There is only one winner in a generation war, and it’s not millennials or boomers or Gen Z—it’s capitalism.
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