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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

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‘The reality of being an employee in America’: Worker responds to manager as she’s about to give birth

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‘I chose the guy with the biggest chain and the biggest ego’: Salesman ‘low-balls’ woman’s car during trade-in process. Here’s how she ‘lied’ to get a deal

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

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘Uninvited, clearly uncomfortable, and not looking for conversation. He kept going’: Older man sits down at woman’s table at coffee shop and gives unsolicited advice

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

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Man Paying Entire bill

‘I got the birthday girl and my wife’: Women try to stick man with $700 bill since he’s the only man at the table at birthday dinner

Sasha Rogelberg is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist and author of Inboxbox, a Formula 1 newsletter.

Sasha Rogelberg

F1 Academy

For women in motorsport, making TikToks is as important as racing cars

Claire Waheed is a general assignment intern for the Daily Dot and a senior journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously wrote for entertainment site Decider.

Claire Waheed

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When Does It Mean to Enter Your ‘Villain Era’? TikTok Trend Debunked

Sarah Hennis was a general assignment intern at the Daily Dot and a senior journalism student at Elon University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Edge Magazine and has also had her work published in Mary Magazine.

Sarah Hennis

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girl-math

Everything you need to know about the ‘girl math’ meme

Leqi Zhong was a fall intern for the Hi-Res division. Besides writing about business, tech, and the internet, she enjoys road trips and watching sunsets. Leqi graduated from UC Berkeley Journalism in May 2023 and had written for CNN, Palo Alto Daily Post, Berkeleyside, and Oakland North.

Leqi Zhong

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‘They muscled in and gloated’: Aggressive, desperate men accused of overrunning tech conference for women and nonbinary people

C.S. Harper is a scholar-activist-journalist who covers entertainment and pop culture. Harper&#8217;s work has been featured in Alternative Press, the Daily Dot, Afterglow ATX, and more.

C.S. Harper

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Unclick

How Black women are revolutionizing TikTok’s princesscore

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

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‘Those guys should be on a blacklist’: Model describes getting roofied at a popular bar (updated)

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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‘Without a copay?!?!’: Pro-choice women film themselves guzzling water after right-wing group claims drinking supply spiked with abortion pills

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‘When you go home at night, don’t turn your lights on immediately’: Woman shares PSA for women who live in apartments alone

Agnes Arnold-Forster is a writer covering medicine, healthcare, gender, and technology. She has been published in places like the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Independent, the LRB, and Stylist Magazine. She is writing a book about nostalgia for Picador and lives in London, U.K.

Agnes Arnold-Forster

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Natural birth control exploded on TikTok—and the anti-abortion movement jumped right on

Allyson Waller is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has written for other publications such as the New York Times and the Miami Herald. Outside of the journalism world, some of her joys include delving into book recommendations from TikTok, listening to pop culture podcasts, and playing with her dog, Theo.

Allyson Waller

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‘If they find you physically attractive… they will issue you a ticket’: Former 911 dispatcher claims police have ‘pretty girl Wednesdays’ (updated)

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