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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

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“Feminism is back”: Jezebel’s story about hiring “some Etsy witches” to curse Charlie Kirk two days before his death goes viral

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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“Ooooh boy do I hate this!”: Sabrina Carpenter receives backlash over new album cover

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

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Anti-feminist influencer’s non-existent ministry hijacked to share pro-abortion Minions memes

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

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

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‘Men don’t see a person first when they see a woman’: Male co-worker tells TikToker her hair looks better down

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.

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‘The pink tax starts so early’: TikToker shows girls’ clothes at Target are shorter, thinner, and costlier than the boys’

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

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‘Women shoppers communicate the WHOLE WAY’: TikToker shares why she prefers female Instacart shoppers, sparking debate

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

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‘Only ok when a girl does it‘: Starbucks worker says her pet peeve is when customers say ‘thanks babe’ to her, sparking debate

Sierra Juarez is a freelance journalist and fact-checker based in Mexico. She most enjoys writing about human rights and politics and working in audience engagement. Her work has appeared in the Texas Tribune, the Austin American–Statesman, and the San Antonio Current.

Sierra Juarez

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Women in Mexico go viral for video explaining how to navigate being quarantined with an abuser

Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org

Siobhan Ball

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How online allies joined a trans artist’s street art war

Alexis Tatum is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She&#8217;s a former editorial intern with the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Orange magazine, the Daily Texan, and the Houston Defender.

Alexis Tatum

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‘Pick Your Fighter’ Twitter thread highlights iconic women protesters

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Sikh poet Jasmin Kaur calls out white feminists for co-opting her work

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

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‘Intersectional feminism’ isn’t a complicated concept

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