Social Media

July 14, 2020

Taylor Lorenz Explains the Cake Meme

Over the past week, social media has been flooded with videos of knives slicing into ordinary objects only to reveal that they are actually made of […]
July 13, 2020

TikTok Star Drama Is Good for Reality TV

Late Monday night, a group of male TikTok stars who belong to the Gen Z influencer collective known as the Sway House charged up the streets […]
July 11, 2020

TikTok Users Respond to Potential Ban

Since Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Monday that the United States was considering banning TikTok over national security concerns, a sentiment echoed […]
July 11, 2020

Who Gets the Banhammer Now?

In a typical year, a good way for a company to handle an announcement it hoped to bury is to schedule it before a nice long […]
July 10, 2020

‘It Would Be Like Losing a Little Bit of Me’: TikTok Users Respond to Potential U.S. Ban

Since Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Monday that the United States was considering banning TikTok over national security concerns, a sentiment echoed […]
July 9, 2020

Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

How many Black friends do you have? Is it “between four and five?” If so, then you have something in common with several guests on Ziwe […]
July 9, 2020

Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

How many Black friends do you have? Is it “between four and five?” If so, then you have something in common with several guests on Ziwe […]
July 9, 2020

TikTok Stars Race to Land Reality Shows

Late Monday night, a group of male TikTok stars who belong to the Gen Z influencer collective known as the Sway House charged up the streets […]
July 7, 2020

What Does Simp Mean?

The word “simp” isn’t new. In fact, it’s pretty old. But it has been dragged into fresh popularity. In the same way that older songs can […]
July 2, 2020

TikTok Stars Tati and Devin Will Meet

On Saturday, Tatayanna Mitchell, 21, will fly from Michigan to Newark, N.J., to spend two days with a boy she met on TikTok. Ms. Mitchell’s TikTok […]