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<p>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.</p>


Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz

There was so much product in there. The total came out to $1248.

influencer neighbor trash tiktok

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‘We snuck the box into our apartment’: TikToker scores over $1,000 worth of products from influencer neighbor’s trash

When you're 17, your manager gets fired, and every one else calls in sick so you show up to an empty coffee stand and have to run it and close by yourself for 3 hours.

starbucks-teen-barista-short-staffed

‘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)

tiktoker shows a covid rapid test and a colon disease test

instacart covid test replacement

‘We rather give a bad replacement than a refund’: TikToker shows ‘similar item’ Instacart used to replace out-of-stock COVID test

cake decorator scrapes off and redecorates a cake

cake decorator redecorates cake

‘This is not gross’: Cake decorator scrapes off icing and refrosts cake in viral TikTok, sparking debate

teacher explains why she quit her job in viral tiktok

teacher quit job tiktok

‘I simply can’t survive like this’: Teacher quits over unlivable pay, documents students’ reaction in viral TikTok

airbnb host posts handwritten rules all over building

airnbnb host rules

‘Host had a few controlling quirks’: TikToker shows list of rules from Airbnb host, sparking debate

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‘Get a lawyer and continue documenting everything’: TikToker says landlord refuses to believe her apartment has mold

TikTok user @anotherscienceguy makes jokes that suggest the burka is oppressive

TikToker Accused Islamophobia

TikToker under fire for joking gym goer ‘reinvented’ burkas as empowerment symbol, suggesting religious use is ‘oppressive’

students suspended over viral tiktok, police officers also present

students suspended tiktok

‘My sister is not a threat’: Police called, over 50 students allegedly suspended for participating in viral TikTok challenge

images of a karen shouting and pushing a worker

Karen attacks worker

‘Can I do my job please?’: Karen assaults trailer park maintenance worker, allegedly gets evicted