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November 16, 2022

Want Taylor Swift Tickets? You’re on Your Own, Kid.

Heartbreak and technical difficulties abounded as fans clamored to buy tickets for the pop star’s first tour since 2018. Sarah Pontillo’s mother let her skip school […]
November 15, 2022

Pop Stars Are Mugging for TikTok. Fans Are Loving It.

Performers like Dua Lipa and Rosalía are peppering their tours with dance moves and gestures that can seem specifically engineered to go viral. In some cases, […]
November 14, 2022

She Loved a Watch, So She Sketched It

November 10, 2022

TikTok Has Advice for What to Do if You Win the Lottery

As excitement peaked over a record-breaking Powerball, TikTok creators cashed in by offering financial advice. Unless you are the person (or people) who bought Tuesday’s winning […]
November 9, 2022

How Did TikTok Star Noah Beck Get So Famous?

Noah Beck’s first TikTok post was a flop. In January 2020, while home in Arizona during winter break from the University of Portland, his sister, Tatum, […]
November 4, 2022

On Twitter, Who Needs a Check Mark When You Can Have a Rat?

Elon Musk wants Twitter users to pay to be verified. An artist offers a wry alternative. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, wants $8. […]
November 4, 2022

‘Design Mom’ Gabrielle Blair Pivots to Politics

After 16 years of making a name for herself as a blogger and home decor expert, Design Mom has written her manifesto — about reproductive health. […]
October 28, 2022

The TikTok Emu Was Just Stressed

The week’s second-biggest online bird drama. It appears TikTok’s favorite emu, Emmanuel Todd Lopez, is going to be OK after his farm’s recent brush with avian […]
October 27, 2022

How a Black-Owned Condom Brand Pitches Itself as the Right Fit

To distinguish itself in a crowded market, B Condoms floods its Instagram account with sex and wellness tips, many of them explicit. Jason Panda cares deeply […]
October 21, 2022

An Egg Yolk Omelet, Special Salad Dressing and a Negroni Sbagliato, Please

The menu of mid-late 2022. If you were to place an order this week at a restaurant that exclusively served viral foods, here’s what you’d be […]