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Kathryn Cardin is a Missouri-born writer and editor who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She enjoys cooking, and her dog and cat enjoy when she spills.

Kathryn Cardin

‘Normalize checking men’: TikToker films friend telling off man who kept touching her

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

‘Let me tell your dusty, dirty, mannequin-built a** something’: TikToker films husband shutting down Karen

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

Exterior of a Dunkin' Donuts (L) and interior of a messy Dunkin' Donuts.

TikToker shamed for ‘snitching’ on Dunkin’ worker in apparent housing crisis

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Three panel from screenshot of a woman at IKEA who was calling customers the "N-word" and was told to leave by an employee

‘We don’t tolerate that here’: Viral TikTok shows Karen being escorted out of an IKEA for calling people the N-word

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

tiktok video rolling loud festival ada accessibility

‘Paid so much money for this’: Viral TikTok alleges Rolling Loud festival wasn’t wheelchair accessible

Dashers call for DoorDash boycott on July 31 to protest low base pay on deliveries

white man standing while black man speaks to him at bar

Black TikToker shares confrontation he had with white patron who allegedly accused him of stealing drinks at bar

Video: Karen blocks firetruck during apparent emergency so that she can shop

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

Cecilia Lenzen

‘Who the hell does stuff like this?’: Indigenous TikToker shows male ‘Karen’ calling the police on her in parking lot

‘Your work ethic is trash’: Ross worker exposes her manager over store’s PA system in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Karen throws garbage can and iced tea dispenser through the drive-through window of a McDonald's.

‘Why literally no one wants to work in the food industry anymore’: Karen throws iced tea dispenser at McDonald’s workers in drive-thru

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

Brooke Sjoberg

TikToker jokes about sabotaging customer’s DoorDash order after they don’t tip, dividing viewers (updated)

‘This is sanctioned humiliation’: TSA under fire for Instagram post about taking wigs out of bags, using AAVE in caption

Veleda Spellman said she was accused of stealing in a Manhattan jewelry store.

Viral TikTok shows Black woman being made to empty her purse to prove she didn’t steal at jewelry store

man reacting to photo of couple dressed as slave and plantation owner

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