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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

Teaching our sons

‘This is my way of being able to make a change’: Women are #TeachingOurSons to be better husbands when they grow up

Angela Lim is a general assignment intern for the Daily Dot. She is a third-year journalism and Asian American studies student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in the Daily Texan, the Austin Chronicle, and Community Impact.

Angela Lim

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Doing Laundry after giving birth

‘That is a huge giant red flag’: Man films new mom doing laundry 7 days after she had a baby

woman greenscreen TikTok over The Cut article The Algorithm Chose @SubwaySessions. We Asked Her Our Burning Questions (l) woman speaking in front of grey wall (c) woman greenscreen TikTok over Q & A "What has the response typically been in real life on the subway? The most frustrating fact is that I live on the Lower East Side, and I never have to go to Queens..." (r)

subway fashionista backlash

‘Black women, Latina women doing that for years’: Viral subway fashionista gets backlash after saying certain people ‘don’t understand’ her style

woman greenscreen TikTok over image of barbie shoes with caption "appears tanner by contrast" (l) woman greenscreen TikTok over image of barbie shoes with caption "which is against the beauty standard of having a fair complexion" (c) woman greenscreen TikTok over image of barbie shoes with caption "now girls wear pink proudly saying "I bought them to show off my tan" (r)

barbie symbol of rebellion tiktok

‘A symbol of rebellion’: Chinese girls are defying beauty standards by wearing ‘Barbie’ pink

Kristine Villarroel was a general assignment intern for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in North-Central Florida publications including the Independent Florida Alligator, NPR-affiliate WUFT, and Flamingo magazine. She also covers music for the Luna Collective and Sunstroke magazine.

Kristine Villarroel

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sag aftra strike guidelines

‘Do you want us to go radio silent?’: Influencers express confusion—and consider content pivots—amid SAG-AFTRA strike

barbie smallpox joke

‘Never funny and never will be’: Indigenous people are calling out the smallpox line in ‘Barbie’

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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carlee russell

‘We will not be dismayed’: What Carlee Russell’s lie means for other missing Black women

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‘People are just horrid’: Troll makes up story about child to get trans creator kicked out of restaurant during live stream

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Zillow Neighborhood for sale

‘Something about this just doesn’t sit right with me’: Zillow lists ‘entire neighborhood’ with 35 low-income houses for sale

Sarah is a multi-platform editor and writer who has been covering various topics—lifestyle, health, and entertainment—for more than a decade. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Tracy Anderson, Vital Proteins, Healthline, Diply, and more.

Sarah Kester

Customer calls out kaleidoscope business that didn't fulfill her order after over a year

14 month Order

‘This is literally horrific, 14 months??’: Customer calls out kaleidoscope business that didn’t fulfill her $109.90 order for over a year

Thalía Menchaca is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin studying journalism with a minor in Latino media arts and studies. She has previously worked at the Voces Oral History Center and reported for Burnt X magazine.

Thalía Menchaca

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Distorted TikTok sounds hurt marginalized creators—and AI is making it worse

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tiktok beauty products

#TikTokMadeMeBuyIt: Why TikTok shopping is now the ordinary 

Carlee Russell

‘Y’all don’t wanna believe Black women’: Internet sleuths say nurses were fired for attempting to access medical records of Carlee Russell, woman who went missing on highway

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ticket while doordashing tiktok

‘I made negative money today’: DoorDash driver says she got a ticket while delivering food (updated)

These 14-year-olds already have anti-aging skin regimens

Having Wrinkles at 14

‘I’m really worried about the new generation of girls’: This 14-year-old already has an anti-aging skin regimen

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