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Sayou Cooper is a freelance journalist covering the internet and popular culture.

Sayou Cooper

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What is a ‘beige flag’—and why is the term all over TikTok?

Mariam Sharia is a senior editor and reporter at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

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Culture

How Gen Z is teaching us to embrace death

Tiffany Kelly was the culture editor at Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at Ars Technica and Wired. Her writing has appeared in several other print and online publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and GQ.

Tiffany Kelly

Why are people debating ‘tradwives’ again?

Chris Stokel-Walker is a U.K.-based journalist and the author of TikTok Boom (2021) and YouTubers (2019).

Chris Stokel-Walker

Male fashion model in blue suit with Tweet by @flglmn at left "why is twitter so determined to make me follow the menswear guy"

Twitter’s menswear advice-toting main character is really sorry you’re seeing his tweets

Sober Instagram is reducing stigma around addiction

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

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Tiktoker catches peeping Tom staring at her kids, sparking a safety conversation on the platform

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

Woman in night scared caption "POV: you're absolutely terrified in a hot tub as a strange man starts crying and confessing things" (l) Man in hot tub (c) Woman hand making phone shape up to her ear caption "um call the cops" (r)

‘I tortured animals’: A TikToker shared a hot tub with a stranger whose comments have TikTok concerned for her safety (updated)

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

homeless persons tent setup with lit newspaper on fire on it (l) woman pointing finger up caption "This is someone attempting to murder a homeless (unhoused) person, by lighting their tent on fire." (c) Newspaper on fire close up caption "This is actually a pretty common phenomenon known as social cleansing, it happens all the time."(r)

TikToker brings awareness to ‘social cleansing’ violence against unhoused people

Uber driver with phone in hand that has Uber logo (l) Woman in Uber screaming for her life caption "The time my uber driver tried to kidnap me" (r)

‘Take me the f*ck home’: Woman says Uber driver tried to kidnap her and that she had to choke him to survive

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

Woman holding dog vet blurred in background (l) Woamn greenscreen tiktok over vet google search caption " This is so fucking DISGUSTING> Makes me wonder were their reviews before I took my dog here that were deleted??? How does my review get deleted of a place that caused my dogs death??? I HAVE NO WORDS." (r)"

‘How many bad reviews were deleted before I brought my dog here?’: TikToker says New York City vet is deleting bad Google reviews in viral TikTok

Woman in hoodie caption "working @ brandy melville and having to take photos of cute customers fits to send to head office which is why the clothes look similar to other brands" (l) Brandy Melville clothing store with sign (r)

Former Brandy Melville employee alleges they used to send photos of ‘cute’ customers’ outfits to the head office

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Woman dancing caption "Gave m y cousin $4,000 cus she said she had a designer plug" (l) Woman standing still sad face caption " Now I got a order of protection against me and Saks said it's all fake" (r)

‘Never trust family’: A woman gave her cousin $4,000 to buy designer items for her and got scammed

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Man in chair at desk caption " My upstiars neighbors are being loud again and I'm still able to connect to their bluetooth speaker" (l) Computer screen "Neighbor Song 3" on screen (c) Man in chair odd expression (r)

‘If this came through my Bluetooth I would accept defeat forever’: Man connects to ‘loud’ upstairs neighbors’ speaker in viral TikTok prank

Walt Disney World sign over road (l) Disney World bathroom toilet with hole in it caption "Be careful in the bathroom of Walt Disney World (Epcot) People may be seeing you." (r)

TikToker finds alleged peephole in bathroom at Disney World

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