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Inside the House: “Mueller, She Wrote” Is Sounding the Alarm on Trump
This government is our government, and it’s up to us to save it.
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Digital Vitriol: White Supremacists Are Capitalizing on Our Reliance on Zoom
This recent wave of digital terrorism is a predictor of what’s to come.
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Very Online: “Karen” Isn’t a Slur—It’s a Critique of Entitled White Womanhood
A Karen’s racism is inextricable from her white womanhood.
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Playing through It: 9 Video Games for Anxious People (That Aren’t “Animal Crossing”)
I reached out to the people of Twitter to gauge the video games anxious people are playing.
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Celebrity Pandemic Posts Have Us Wondering—Do We Need Famous People?
Celebrities are really leaning into saccharine nonsense.
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Fake It Off: Reddit’s r/Illnessfakers Community and the Politics of Disbelief
The continued tracking of alleged over-the-top chronically ill influencers is part of an established cultural history of believing that chronically ill people, particularly women, are exaggerating or faking their illnesses for profit.
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Very Online: All the Ways the Internet Is Pushing Hustle Culture during the Quarantine
Apparently, doing nothing is not allowed—even during an international pandemic.
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The Inescapability of Social Media’s Sexual Violence Discourse
How can I navigate a media cycle that can cause flashbacks, panic attacks, and anxiety if I’m receiving push notifications about rape with no trigger warnings?
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Very Online: Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign Tried to Make Capitalism “Cool”
Bloomberg set a dangerous precedent, creating yet another space where the wealthy can skirt social-media restrictions—and do so in a way that makes users who are Very Online cringe.
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#GirlsLikeUs: Trans Feminist Advocacy and Community Building
Black trans women and their political frameworks have become the face not only of trans issues but of LGBT issues as a whole—a representation few could have imagined even a decade ago.
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