Social Media

July 8, 2022

#GentleMinions Has Moviegoers Dressing Up

A TikTok trend on the release of “Minions: The Rise of Gru” has young people around the globe suiting up for the cinema. Normally when Carson […]
July 7, 2022

Beach Bunny Is Building an Indie-Rock Career in a Time of TikTok

The singer-songwriter Lili Trifilio has had two songs connect — and get slightly misconstrued — on the app. With more ears on her band’s second album, […]
July 7, 2022

Expert GeoGuessr Players Know That Google Maps Spot Instantly

In a game called GeoGuessr, competitors try to pinpoint where in the world a Google Street View image has been taken. Some can do it in […]
June 29, 2022

These TikTok Creators Are Fighting Health Myths

Meet the medical experts fighting bogus science, one “stitch” at a time. “I’m willing to bet you know at least one girl that’s using steroids every […]
June 23, 2022

The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie

Julia Herzig, a 22-year-old from Larchmont, N.Y., has “an obsession.” It’s with taking a new kind of selfie — one that doesn’t exactly conform. In some […]
June 22, 2022

The Avatars Wear Prada

And Balenciaga and Thom Browne. Meta opens a new fashion store for the metaverse. Should you shop? So that’s it. Last October, after Mark Zuckerberg had […]
June 17, 2022

Non-Monogamy Advocates Ask Facebook to Be More Open

A group supporting those who practice polyamory and other forms of “ethical non-monogamy” want more relationship-status options on Facebook. A group that supports ethical non-monogamy sent […]
June 17, 2022

How Louis Theroux Became a ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ Sensation at Age 52

Decades into his career, the British American journalist has an unlikely TikTok hit that could be the song of the summer. “I am not trying to […]
June 16, 2022

How TikTok Is Changing Marketing in the Music Industry and Beyond

Artists and civilians alike chafe at the pressures of presenting themselves online. In a TikTok post last month, the singer Halsey shared a message with fans: […]
June 16, 2022

Johnny Depp Through the Looking Glass

Examining the madness that male beauty elicits. We know, of course, that men can be beautiful, but rarely do we acknowledge, let alone analyze, the powerful […]