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August 10, 2020
Published by Alisha Haridasani Gupta at August 10, 2020
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She Explains ‘Mansplaining’ With Help From 17th-Century Art

This story begins, as so many do these days, on Twitter. Last May, Nicole Tersigni, a Detroit-based writer, logged onto the social media platform at the […]
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August 3, 2020
Published by Sapna Maheshwari at August 3, 2020
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Nordstrom Uses Influencers to Promote Safety and Draw Anxious Shoppers

Wendy Nguyen, a fashionable Instagram personality with 1.1 million followers, is regularly tapped by retailers like Macy’s and Banana Republic to promote their wares on social […]
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August 2, 2020
Published by Nathaniel Popper Kate Conger and Kellen Browning at August 2, 2020
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From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack: A Florida Teen’s Troubled Online Path

For Graham Ivan Clark, the online mischief-making started early. By the age of 10, he was playing the video game Minecraft, in part to escape what […]
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July 31, 2020
Published by JON CARAMANICA at July 31, 2020
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The Most Soothing Man on TikTok

Some of the most illuminating, purely pleasurable videos on TikTok this month have been Larry Scott’s awed observations of cooking, where the teen from Florida looks […]
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July 31, 2020
Published by Shawn McCreesh at July 31, 2020
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Trump on Twitter: I Regret Some Tweets, and Other Fratty D.C. Moments

ImageA clue: It was President Trump in the White House with Dave Portnoy.Credit…via Barstool Sports WASHINGTON — During the Clinton presidency, The New Republic billed itself as […]
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July 31, 2020
Published by Shawn McCreesh at July 31, 2020
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Barstool Sports Meets Trump, Frat Boys Win

ImageA clue: It was President Trump in the White House with Dave Portnoy.Credit…via Barstool Sports WASHINGTON — During the Clinton presidency, The New Republic billed itself as […]
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July 24, 2020
Published by Taylor Lorenz at July 24, 2020
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Omegle Is Where People Meet Online Now

First there was the Zoom boom, followed quickly by Zoom fatigue. Then everyone became a gamer, inviting visitors to their virtual islands and sending friends digital […]
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July 14, 2020
Published by Taylor Lorenz at July 14, 2020
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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 […]
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July 13, 2020
Published by Taylor Lorenz at July 13, 2020
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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 […]
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July 11, 2020
Published by Taylor Lorenz at July 11, 2020
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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 […]
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