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

Ally Perry

TikTok relationships officially crossed the line between the real deal and carefully curated illusions, and it’s messing with our heads

Bar Mor Hazut

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

JR Atkinson

Album Analysis: Why Lady Gaga's ‘Mayhem’ Sounds Both Old and New

Ben Weiss

‘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

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

Ally Perry

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

Emmy Pratt

‘The DiCaprio Effect’: Why Timothée Chalamet’s heartthrob status lost him the Oscar win

Lana DeGaetano

From Punching Cameras to Swinging Umbrellas: Why you should support celebrities defending their personal privacy

Lana DeGaetano

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

Jesse Kessenheimer

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

JR Atkinson

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

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Are the glory days of fandom culture behind us?’: Why weekly releases of TV shows are crucial to fostering deeper fandom connections

Bar Mor Hazut

From the Perspective of a Superfan: Why 'The White Lotus' Deserves At Least 20 More Seasons

Ben Weiss

Grocery hauls are the new status symbol: ‘Being able to afford rent n' groceries is being romanticized by Gen Z'

JR Atkinson

Why Charli D’Amelio’s Casting in the Chorus of ‘& Juliet’ is a Brilliant Moment in Stunt Casting History

Emmy Pratt