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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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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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Very Online: Why Are “Euphoria” Viewers So Desperate to Paint Jules as the Villain?
The desperate desire to paint Jules as a villain is thinily veiled transphobia.
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Very Online: Anti-Racist Readers Are Plaguing the DMs of Black People
We’re in the time of the online anti-racism book club.
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Very Online: The Literary World May Never Recover from #PublishingPaidMe
For Black writers, Twitter acts as a guiding force.
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Very Online: Wine Memes Are Taking over during Quarantine, and They’re Targeting Women
It’s not cute and relatable for a brand to keep pushing women toward alcohol during a pandemic.
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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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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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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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