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'The social satirist of the moment': How the trendy starter pack meme account is reviving hipsterism and digging the grave for internet humor

Ally Perry

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Social Media Has Turned Into a Slop Factory, And I Hate That Nobody Cares

Emmy Pratt

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‘The Schwarzenegger Effect’: Out of All Industries, Hollywood is the Best Place for Nepotism

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Heaven is a spotless kitchen with a perpetually restocked fridge’: In a chaotic world, cleaning videos give us a sense of control over our lives

JR Atkinson

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Old Souls: Why the dwindling prospects of retirement have turned traditionally geriatric hobbies into the new quarter-life crisis

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Nobody Is Actually Doing a ‘Morning Shed,’ Hyper-Optimized Beauty Routines Are Just the Latest Form of Engagement Bait

JR Atkinson

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Movies Aren’t Too Long, You Just Have No Attention Span

Emmy Pratt

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How Jemima Kirke From ‘Girls’ Became the Face of Internet Nihilism Through a Meme

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Your TikTok auntie’: How older women are keeping the Gen Z app from completely crumbling to consumerism

Ally Perry

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Consuming Consumerism: How trendy TikTok foods are actually gross, greedy, and anti-culinary

JR Atkinson

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‘THIS is my emergency contact’: Why goofifying a fundamentally unserious romantic partner makes Gen Z feel safe despite the looming insecurity of the future

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'The most unserious generation': The millennialfication of Gen Z and why Zoomers have always been millennial lite

Ally Perry

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Why Discourse on the Film App ‘Letterboxd’ Epitomizes the High Scrutiny All Social Media Users are Under

Emmy Pratt

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‘Attention spans [are] officially broken’: Netflix is dumbing down their content so you can keep scrolling

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'This is how you age if you’re unproblematic’: How looking young became a sign of moral uprightness online

JR Atkinson

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AITA?: How Reddit threads have become a morality compass, guiding society’s most complex queries through random strangers’ opinions

Jesse Kessenheimer

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