Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based writer, educator, and grad student at the Pratt Institute School of Information. Their work has appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent, Huffington Post, and AsAmNews.
‘Maybe redevelop the education system’: Anti-cheating software featured in Samsung showcase sparks debate on TikTok
‘We spend more money trying to prevent cheating than we do trying to improve our school system.’
On Jan 16, 2022 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘That’s why food sits and your order gets canceled’: DoorDash driver declines low-paying order in viral TikTok, sparking debate (updated)
‘DoorDash needs to do better.’
On Jan 15, 2022 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘He’s not a dog’: TikToker calls out adoption agency for Facebook ad about rehoming child
‘They are literally describing this child like you would see ads for a dog in a shelter.’
On Jan 9, 2022 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘We snuck the box into our apartment’: TikToker scores over $1,000 worth of products from influencer neighbor’s trash
‘All these beauty companies talking about sustainability—yet we don’t talk about PR gifts and trash.’
On Jan 8, 2022 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘Three people’s jobs and I’m only getting paid as one’: Teen says she had to run a Starbucks alone in viral TikTok (updated)
‘I’m barely trained and this was a little extra.’
‘We rather give a bad replacement than a refund’: TikToker shows ‘similar item’ Instacart used to replace out-of-stock COVID test
The video sparked debate over the delivery service’s item replacement policy.
On Jan 2, 2022 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘This is not gross’: Cake decorator scrapes off icing and refrosts cake in viral TikTok, sparking debate
Some folks were skeptical of the cake reuse, while others thought it was standard practice.
On Dec 26, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘4 sneaker stores said they were fake’: TikToker claims sneaker reseller StockX verified replica Yeezys
‘I never trusted them because I sold fakes on there,’ one commenter said.
‘I simply can’t survive like this’: Teacher quits over unlivable pay, documents students’ reaction in viral TikTok
‘We need to value what teachers do for us.’
On Dec 19, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘Host had a few controlling quirks’: TikToker shows list of rules from Airbnb host, sparking debate
She had guidelines for drinking glasses, shower curtains, and more.
‘Get a lawyer and continue documenting everything’: TikToker says landlord refuses to believe her apartment has mold
The TikToker’s suspicions arose after her and her roommates began getting sick.
On Dec 12, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
White supremacist group Patriot Front march through National Mall to ‘reclaim America’
Conservatives online tried claiming the march was an ‘antifa’ front.
On Dec 5, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
TikToker under fire for joking gym goer ‘reinvented’ burkas as empowerment symbol, suggesting religious use is ‘oppressive’
‘Muslim women are not oppressed.’
On Dec 4, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘She saw the whole world change’: Video of 103-year-old Black grandma remembering picking cotton moves TikTok
‘She was born before MLK. Don’t let people tell you things were ‘so long ago.”
On Nov 27, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
‘My sister is not a threat’: Police called, over 50 students allegedly suspended for participating in viral TikTok challenge
A cop allegedly told students ‘if he seen the kids doing this at school he’d shoot them.’
On Nov 21, 2021 by Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz
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