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Kira Deshler is a former assistant newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. Kira received a Master&#8217;s in Media Studies from UT Austin and has previously written for sites like Slash Film and Looper. She runs her own Substack newsletter, Paging Dr. Lesbian, and is a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

Kira Deshler

Video game fans tear apart the new Borderlands movie—what went wrong?

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

This TikTok remix is very demure, very mindful

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

Kyle Calise

Meme History: Roman Empire Memes

Mike Hadge

Penn Badgley shares a ‘very demure, very mindful’ update from the last day of filming on ‘You’

Entertainment

‘No way this can be real’: ‘South Park’ predicted Disney+’s Black Mirror-esque lawsuit clause

Kamala Harris remixes are taking over TikTok. Here’s why

Film lovers are skeptical of Criterion’s pricey 40-film box set 

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh’s new movie gets memed—because of a carousel horse

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‘Be fun and try’: Chappell Roan calls out VIP section for not dancing along to ‘Hot To Go’

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

Kenan Thompson brings back Pierre Escargot for the Olympics

Meme History: Hawk Tuah

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Will Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom revive the MCU? Fans are skeptical

Christina Baez is a former Curation Lead for The Daily Dot. Previously, she&#8217;s worked at BuzzFeed, People Magazine, UsWeekly Magazine, and Alexa Magazine within The New York Post. She&#8217;s an artist and has had work on display at La Bodega Gallery, Milk Gallery, Calumet Gallery and Dagny &amp; Barstow in New York City. She is also the founder and host of &#8216;The Subway Portraits&#8217; podcast, a project that aims to create a digital archive of commuter&#8217;s experiences riding on New York City&#8217;s subway.