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Pride ’24: Lessons in resilience from the community
On Jun 13, 2024 by The Daily Dot Staff
Stop editing Chelsea Blackwell to look like Megan Fox
Many think that editing Blackwell or suggesting how she can modify her body to look more like Fox is too far.
On Mar 6, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
A sexist Dave Chappelle audio clip is gaining steam on TikTok
The context of the clip is much darker than the more or less trivial situations for which TikTokers are using it.
On Feb 21, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
Unsurprisingly, TikTok’s AI Oil Painting filter is white-washing users
When will TikTok harness CapCut and put an end to these racist AI filters?
On Feb 14, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
TikTok’s latest A.I. fail is a ‘If I Were Fitness’ filter
The harms of A.I. filters and image doctoring are numerous.
On Feb 7, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
The origins of the ‘smooth brain meme’, where ‘all ideas slide right off’
“All ideas slide right off.”
On Jan 31, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Legging legs’ takes over TikTok
‘Legging legs’ has been deemed the new thigh gap, and many are saying it’s equally as problematic.
‘Hallowed ground’: The Chicago rat hole leaves quite the impression on TikTok
Local residents are not happy.
On Jan 25, 2024 by Audra Schroeder
How a 60-year-old jazz standard became a TikTok hit
The popular sound on TikTok starts with a woman singing: ‘Look at me/I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree.’
Men are weaponizing incompetence on TikTok and can’t clean up hot sauce
Once you become familiar with it, you start seeing it everywhere.
On Jan 24, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
How a rare ‘blue’ lobster became a jumpscare meme
Getting “Lobstered” has shown up in both Minecraft and Family Guy.
On Jan 23, 2024 by Audra Schroeder
Robert Downey Jr. and the enduring success of Tony Stark memes
On Jan 21, 2024 by Tricia Crimmins
‘They are firing and letting others who have smaller platforms go’: Sara Ramirez reportedly axed from ‘And Just Like That…’
‘Our industry is so duplicitous.’
On Jan 19, 2024 by Audra Schroeder
Woman pranks phone scammer by playing elaborate car crash sounds: ‘Sounds like a whole Michael Bay action sequence’
‘The longest car crash in history.’
High school esports is growing—and it’s changing who can be an athlete
But these growing opportunities aren’t always accessible.
On Jan 19, 2024 by Sasha Rogelberg
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