Social Media

July 16, 2022

Can’t Talk, I’m Busy Being Hot

A social media movement inspired by the rapper Megan Thee Stallion strikes back at the gatekeepers of beauty. Edwyna Estime was wearing a heavy, shapeless graduation […]
July 16, 2022

Can’t Talk, I’m Busy Being Hot

A social media movement inspired by the rapper Megan Thee Stallion strikes back at the gatekeepers of beauty. Edwyna Estime was wearing a heavy, shapeless graduation […]
July 13, 2022

A Rhode Island State Senator Wants You to #TwerkFor Justice

Tiara Mack’s TikTok video of her twerking at the beach went viral. Now, she is using that momentum to bring awareness to her political platform. When […]
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 […]