Daysia Tolentino
Daysia Tolentino is the editor of the Daily Dot’s creator economy newsletter, Passionfruit. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Bustle, InStyle, and Study Hall.
‘What happened to make him do this though’: Viral TikTok shows homeless man arrested after kicking, throwing a drink at car (updated)
Not everyone is convinced that the attack came out of nowhere.
On Jun 22, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘Discrimination at its finest’: TikToker receives ‘site violation notice’ for hanging a Pride flag on her home
Viewers left comments of support and encouraged her to keep the flag up.
On Jun 20, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘This somewhat humbled me’: YouTuber Deji announces social media break following ‘YouTubers vs TikTokers’ boxing loss
Deji is the only YouTuber to have lost a match last night, but that’s not stopping him from boxing again.
On Jun 13, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘This TV segment is racist’: TikToker criticizes James Corden for mocking Asian food, launches petition to take show segment off-air (updated)
‘There’s no need to make a public mockery of other cultures.’
On Jun 12, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
TikToker exposes Machine Gun Kelly’s Instagram DMs to her—now he’s getting trolled
‘He ended up cussing me out, calling me a dumb b*tch, a weird b*itch.’
On May 26, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘Puberty’ TikTok account called out for alleged grooming, banned from the platform
The person behind @pubertyhelper101 wanted to give some of their followers their personal phone number to ‘talk you through anything you need.’
On May 23, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘This is so tone deaf’: Model criticized for TikTok showing off free stuff she gets in NYC (updated)
‘I thought this was going to be all about cool things I could get with my vaccination card but alas, I’m not a model.’
‘That’s so rude’: TikTok influencer divides viewers for saying coffee and walk dates aren’t acceptable (updated)
‘Tell me you’re high maintenance and have ridiculous standards without telling me.’
On May 19, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘They’ve given up on asking adults to work for starvation wages’: Viral Burger King sign asking for teen workers sparks debate
‘Employers would rather skirt child labor laws than just pay workers fair wages.’
On May 13, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
People accuse Gal Gadot of being hypocritical over statement on Israel-Palestine conflict
‘How can you advocate to stop the vicious cycle of terror when you are a very part of it.’
On May 12, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘Erasure in realtime’: ‘SNL’ called out for appropriating, miscrediting AAVE
‘Even if the intent was satire, poorly done satire is still harmful.’
On May 9, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
Did a Twitter user really reference 2 modern memes back in 2010? User’s ‘Chungus Among Us’ tweet sparks time travel debate
‘Mans really predicted two memes a decade ahead.’
‘This made me so mad’: Viewers are divided after woman crashes TikToker’s proposal to take photos
‘She has to pay for your wedding now. She wanted to be part of the engagement.’
On May 6, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
‘Heyo, the person who sent you this wants you to know’ about this TikTok meme (updated)
A cringe TikTok video turned into a viral meme that even Doja Cat participated in.
On May 1, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
Video: Cop accused of racially profiling Black diner at restaurant
‘Run that please because this guy is saying that I’m racial profiling him.’
On Apr 25, 2021 by Daysia Tolentino
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