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Very Online: Inside the Endless Post-Police Brutality Loop
We continue treading the same digital footsteps, hoping that, maybe, this time, it’ll make a difference.
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The Internet has (Literally) Accelerated Gender Reveal Parties
Gender reveal parties are killing people. Also, they’re absurd.
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Very Online: Quarantine Is Changing Influencer Culture. Will It Last?
In quarantine, influencer marketing is being tossed into harsher light.
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Very Online: TikTok Has Embraced Pro-Eating Disorder Content in Quarantine
TikTok itself is also encouraging this behavior by promoting ads that encourage weight loss.
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Stinging Stans: Swifties Doxxing Journalists Is Just the Beginning
People don’t really know what to think about fangirls or teenage girls in general.
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Very Online: Twitter is a Salve for Black People. It’s Also Anti-Black.
What does Twitter’s commitment to Black people actually look like, and what is the impact when Twitter fails Black users?
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Jada Pinkett-Smith Isn’t the Villain in Her Entanglement. Nobody Is.
Will and Jada’s public relationship has resulted in explosive discourse online.
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YouTuber Myka Stauffer Illustrates the Problem with White Adoptive Parents
Adoptees have long known what it’s like to have our stories usurped by adoptive parents.
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Even in Death, Breonna Taylor Is Being Disrespected
It’s painful to think that a cute internet joke is needed to rile people up after the death of a Black woman.
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White Filters: Tech Companies Are Butchering Juneteenth
Tech isn’t hopeless, but fixing its problems will take more than a simple Snapchat filter or offering a day off.
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