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The Internet
tiktok
Aug. 17, 2020
Guessing This Won’t Become the Next TikTok Trend
The internet has responded in horror to a clip of a woman leaping into the Hudson River in NYC.
By
Hannah Gold
the internet
Aug. 6, 2020
Wait, But I Just Got a TikTok
WTF are Instagram “Reels”?
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
tiktok
Aug. 5, 2020
The Teens Have Come For Lin-Manuel Miranda
The
Hamilton
creator is getting mercilessly teased on TikTok.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
fauci hive
July 21, 2020
Has Your Mom Sent You This Yet?
A TikTok video at the intersection of salient boomer interests.
By
Bridget Read
tiktok
July 15, 2020
Teens Are Disguising As Mask-Wearing Grandmas to Buy Booze
(Or so they claim on TikTok.)
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
very online
July 13, 2020
Everything Is Cake Now
A viral video showing people cutting into household items to reveal they are in fact cake has many people questioning their grip on reality.
By
Hannah Gold
tiktok
July 7, 2020
The Trump Administration Is Considering Banning TikTok
The U.S. opened a national-security investigation into the app last year.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
fitness
Apr. 3, 2020
Jane Fonda Is Bringing Back Her ’80s Workouts to TikTok
Get your leotards ready.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
crime
Apr. 3, 2020
‘Zoombombing’ Is a Horrifying New Trend
People are hijacking online college classes, AA meetings, and church services.
By
Bridget Read
skin deep
Mar. 23, 2020
Handwashing Tutorials Are What We Watch Now
A new kind of celebrity skin-care routine.
By
Erica Smith
coronavirus
Mar. 12, 2020
Don’t Spread Coronavirus Lies
Wash your hands and check your facts.
By
Bridget Read
called out
Feb. 26, 2020
Please Log Off, the Pope Begs
For the love of God, literally.
By
Bridget Read
doin it for the gram
Jan. 29, 2020
Why Are Celebrities Making These Weird Faces on Instagram?
I can’t look away.
By
Erica Smith
podcasts
Dec. 24, 2019
The Podcast That Best Captured the Chaos of the Internet in 2019
Whether it’s impersonating Caitlyn Jenner or
Gourmet Makes
,
Nymphowars
is never boring.
By
Riley Leight
culture
Oct. 29, 2019
Dancing on My Own (to My Abusive Ex’s Voice-mails)
When teens bring trauma to TikTok.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
instagram
Sept. 18, 2019
Instagram Will No Longer Promote Diet Products to Minors
If you’re under 18, you’ll stop seeing ads for detox tea and other appetite suppressants.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
influencers
Sept. 17, 2019
Enterprising Florida Woman Makes $100,000 a Year Off of Tongue Pics
This influencer built a lucrative brand around her uncommonly long tongue.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
broken brain
Aug. 12, 2019
Put Me in the Fish Tube
Shoot me over the dam of this life.
By
Bridget Read
the cut on tuesdays
July 30, 2019
The Nightmare Started With an Email From Her Ex
Three stories of women coping with online harassment, on this week’s Cut podcast.
By
the Cut
keanu
July 21, 2019
Keanu Reeves Remains the Best Internet Boyfriend
While filming the new “Bill & Ted” movie, Reeves saw a yard sign that referenced his “You’re breathtaking” meme and left a note on it.
By
Marie Lodi
science of us
July 12, 2019
I Reluctantly Love This Website About How to Live and Be
A guide I didn’t realize I badly wanted.
By
Edith Zimmerman
keanu
June 12, 2019
Keanu Reeves Thinks Your Undying Ardor for Him Is ‘Wacky’
(And also “positively great.”)
By
Hannah Gold
the internet
Mar. 25, 2019
Egg Boy Gives His First Post-Egging Interview
“This egg has united people.”
By
Amanda Arnold
the cut opinion pages
Feb. 28, 2019
Break Your Phone
It’s the only way to be acceptably disconnected.
By
Edith Zimmerman
science of us
Feb. 25, 2019
Writing a Practice Email Feels Like Looking Into a Mirror
I also read stressful emails on multiple devices. Am I nuts? It’s clarifying, anyway.
By
Edith Zimmerman
science of us
Jan. 11, 2019
How Much Junk Am I Consuming Online Every Day?
What is “digital nutrition” and is mine enviable?
By
Edith Zimmerman
strong dumb take
Dec. 19, 2018
Shut Down the Internet for the Rest of the Year
A modest proposal.
By
Gabriella Paiella
the cut opinion pages
Dec. 5, 2018
Apps Can Take a Hike
It’s been long enough — they’re just not working out.
By
Edith Zimmerman
the internet
Dec. 3, 2018
White Supremacists Are Tricking Celebrities Into Recording Anti-Semitic Videos
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is one of a handful of celebrities whom white supremacists have targeted on the Cameo app.
By
Anna Silman
media
Aug. 28, 2018
Apropos of Nothing, Sarah Jeong’s Book About Harassment Is Getting Reissued
One month after right-wingers threw a disingenuous tantrum over Jeong’s old tweets.
By
Amanda Arnold
the internet
Aug. 17, 2018
Did Amazon Alexa Subtweet Ariana Grande’s Instagram Troll?
May this be a lesson to all to never mess with Grande.
By
Amanda Arnold
investigations
Aug. 7, 2018
When Did ‘TERF Bangs’ Become a Thing?
A cultural history of beauty’s most puzzling term.
By
Amanda Arnold
the internet
Apr. 8, 2018
Mariah Carey Just Memed Herself
No one deserves her at her “The Emancipation of Mimi.”
By
Amanda Arnold
apologies
Apr. 3, 2018
Writer of Controversial ‘Jewish Rebellion’ Essay Issues ‘Heartfelt Apology’
“It was never my intention to disrespect the Jewish faith or anyone who engages in Jewish customs, traditions or religious beliefs.”
By
Amanda Arnold
media
Apr. 2, 2018
13 Actual Jewish Rebellions
In response to the Washington
Post
’s controversial “I’m tired of being a Jewish man’s rebellion” essay.
By
Anna Silman
personal essays
Apr. 2, 2018
14 Hilarious Reactions to the ‘Jewish Rebellion’ Essay
A Washington
Post
essay titled “I am tired of being a Jewish man’s rebellion” has ignited a tidal wave of controversy.
By
Anna Silman
the internet
Mar. 26, 2018
Everyone’s Upset Over This Modern Cover of Judy Blume’s
Are You There God?
“Hey God, u up?”
By
Amanda Arnold
literature
Dec. 11, 2017
Why a Short Story About a Terrible Date Went Viral
The
New Yorker’s
“Cat Person” shows how complicated bad sex really is.
By
Anna Silman
internet culture
Oct. 6, 2017
Mourning the Death of AIM With Memories of Our Most Embarrassing Screen Names
Pour one out for AOL Instant Messenger.
By
Anna Silman
the internet
Sept. 29, 2016
Why Do All My Instagram Cats Keep Dying?
When real life encroaches on the virtual.
By
Anna Silman
They’re Just Like Us
Sept. 7, 2016
Allow Katy Perry to Take You on Her Wild Philosophical Journey of the Internet
“I’m riding it like a f–king cowboy at a rodeo now.”
By
Gabriella Paiella
hairy situations
Sept. 7, 2016
Keira Knightley Is Surprised to Learn the Internet Thought She Was Going Bald
“I have received a big box of things for female baldness, and I had no idea what that was about.”
By
Katie Van Syckle
the internet
Feb. 29, 2016
The New Search Engine for Kids Has Questionable Filters
Banned words on Kiddle include:
uterus
,
menstruation
, and
wet willy
.
By
Eve Peyser
parenthood
Oct. 2, 2015
The Internet of Parents Is Miserable and I Love It
Why it’s so hard to look away.
By
Meaghan O'Connell
hackers
Aug. 18, 2015
Hackers Claim They’ve Posted the Stolen Ashley Madison User Data
It hasn’t been verified, so don’t start searching for married dudes just yet. (And maybe just hold off forever.)
By
Margaret Hartmann
psychology
Apr. 1, 2015
How the Internet Makes You Think You’re Smart
People confuse searching for stuff with knowing stuff.
By
Melissa Dahl
ted talks
Mar. 20, 2015
Monica Lewinsky: ‘I Was Patient Zero’ of Internet-Shaming
She gave a TED Talk yesterday about her experience.
By
Alex Ronan
our selfies ourselves
Mar. 12, 2015
I Am Not My Internet Personality, and You Probably Aren’t Yours, Either.
Please, please do not believe everything you read online.
By
Julieanne Smolinski
unplugging
Aug. 11, 2014
Do You Hate Facebook, or Do You Hate Your Life?
I thought I was allergic to the internet. Actually, I was just sad.
By
Maureen O'Connor
adventures in dating
June 22, 2014
The New Abstinence: Not Googling Your Date
Meet the singles saving Facebook-stalking for marriage. Or the third date, at least.
By
Maureen O'Connor
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