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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

man in store thinks dog's red and green tail is dyed "gay colors"

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‘Poor dog’: Owner ridiculed for dying service dog’s tail ‘gay colors’—it was red and green for the holidays

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Customer claims Walmart gives delivery customers the worst products

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‘It never fails’: Customer claims Walmart gives delivery customers ‘the worst sh*t’ after receiving ‘beat up’ pie

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‘When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go’: Wheelchair user has to push herself on her hands down airplane aisle to use bathroom

Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

woman speaking in front of tan wall (l) Goodwill store building with sign (c) woman speaking in front of tan wall holding up fingers in air quote position (r)

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‘We’re canceling Goodwill in 2022’: TikToker calls out Goodwill’s treatment of workers

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

Brooke Sjoberg

hand holding broken cane (l) young woman in airport (c) broken cane on bench (r)

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‘You’re essentially breaking our legs, breaking our arms’: Disabled TikToker says the TSA broke her cane at airport

Isabel Armiento is a Toronto-based freelance journalist and a blog editor at Shameless magazine. You can read more of her work in The Home Pitch, This magazine, and elsewhere.

Isabel Armiento

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Influencers who stutter prove you don’t need fluency to have a voice

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

Braden Bjella

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Traveler says he got detained at airport because of his stutter

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 doing hand signals caption "This waitress came to me table. I decided to tell her I'm deaf.." (l) Woman doing hand signals caption "She turned to my son instantly and talked to me. She ignored me" (c) Woman doing hand signals caption "So I spoke loud and louder and she realized I'm taking the order. Not my kids!!" (r)

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A deaf woman expressed frustration about a waitress ignoring her due to her disability. TikTok told her to get over it.

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Woman dancing outside caption "the most ablest thing I've ever seen is this Reddit page" (l) Woman pointing to comments "you're not even diagnosed" (c) Woman dancing caption " This page on Reddit out to expose people with 'fake disabilities' with photo above (r)

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A woman called out a Reddit page dedicated to outing people with ‘fake’ disabilities. TikTokers are aghast

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

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‘For those who have disabilities or anxiety, this is not OK’: Worker refuses to serve customer who doesn’t greet her, sparking debate

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‘Boomers get so mad when workers aren’t actively suffering’: Worker in wheelchair says customers joke about her ‘sitting on the job,’ sparking debate

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

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‘They always act like the victim’: TikToker accuses Karen of illegally parking in handicapped spot, says she hit him with her car in retaliation

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‘And then I pulled out my wheelchair’: Karen flips off disabled TikToker after she parks in handicap spot in viral video

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

Kahron Spearman

Woman texts another woman a picture of her cheating husband's Tinder profile.

cheating husband busted tiktok

‘Doing God’s work’: TikToker saw a married man on Tinder looking to cheat on his disabled wife—and then she found his wife

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.

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