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Reply Guys, Sliding into the DMs, and the Intensification of Parasocial Relationships
Though the reply guy doesn’t mean any offense and doesn’t intend to cause harm, his mere presence can suffocate the women he’s always replying to.
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Demanding JoJo Siwa’s Sexuality Is a Means to Control Young, Female Entertainers
“You either die young or live long enough to see Jojo Siwa become a TikTok lesbian.”
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Worth of the Cool: The Cachet and Co-optation of Black Muslim Style
We run the internet, even if the rest of y’all aren’t aware of it.
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Sex Workers Have Always Known That Zoom Is Anti-sex. Now, the Public Knows Too.
As we move into a more permanent online existence, people should be paying more attention to issues of surveillance.
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Glamour Shots: #HospitalGlam Pulls Back the Curtain on Disability and Beauty
Karolyn Gehrig is referring to both healthcare’s status as a luxury good, and the way traditional poses of illness are used to sell health and beauty back to us.
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We Were Rooting for You: On the Changing Legacy of Tyra Banks
Banks has been around since the ’90s, but it has taken this long to reckon with her true legacy.
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Subliminal Messaging: This YouTube Trend Promises Teens the Power of Self-Perfection
Subliminals call to mind new-agey fads of yore.
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Very Online: Twitter Has United Freelance Writers and Fair-Pay Advocates
“People are reading more content, and there are more freelancers, but there are fewer editors and staffers, and less money.”
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Not Your Crisis Daddy: Is Memeing Politicians Critique—or PR?
Memes stand apart in a range of political coverage that includes everything from established news reporting to satirical forums.
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Lose Yourself: The Complex, Comforting Allure of Not Being Seen
What does it mean to be able to reject the gaze before it even happens?
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