ilana-gordon

Ilana Gordon

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana’s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Screenshots from Tiktok user @thatgirlsydjo from her series 'The Group Chat'.

Millions are watching ‘The Group Chat,’ the TikTok series about a girls’ night gone off the rails

‘The Group Chat’ has everything: lies, betrayal, and Charlie Puth.

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The second bridesmaid must run. TikTok has accepted the mission.

Alex Warren’s wedding song is making TikTok run—literally.

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2 image split. Woman in kitchen on left. Blurred image of grits sushi on right.

‘Please stop I’m begging you’: ‘Southern sushi’ recipe with cold grits stuns the internet

‘Should this be illegal?’

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Toronto’s most beloved tourist attraction? A random tree named Rodney with a 4.9-star rating

‘Breathtaking. The bark? Captivating.’

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two panel design with a woman and her child in the doctor's office, net to an image of a child and a doctor interacting.

‘She doesn’t know how to walk anymore’: Mom films daughter struggling to walk. Then she rushes to the ER after reading the comments

Lee announced that Willow was going to start treatment, and thanked TikTok for their help.

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Three panel design with a man taking a bit of food in one, next to an image of a woman looking sad with her hands over her mouth, next to an image of the celebrite Joe Jonas as he walks down the street

How TikTok is keeping small businesses alive—one viral video at a time

The bank was about to evict her juice bar. Then Brandon Edelman walked in the door.

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design with the days of the week on a notebook with the weekend highlighted, over an image of surgery in process

‘The weekend effect’: If you’re planning surgery, doctors say you should think twice about Fridays

‘As a doctor, I am scared sh*tless for my patients on the weekend.’

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Woman talking(l), Pen writing 1721 on note(r)

‘1751 is Take Me Out To The Ball Game’: People are realizing numbers have musical patterns, and they can’t unhear it

‘And 1720 is ‘Take me out to the crowd.”

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2 panel image showing a child wearing a traditional Amish dress.

‘She even took her glasses off’: Everyone’s obsessed with the little girl who yearns to be Amish

‘Can we turn off all of the lights since they don’t have any electricity?’

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3 panel image: on the left a person talks into their phone, in the middle 2 people stand in the center aisle of a completely empty airplane, and in the right the same 2 people sit in the cockpit of the plane.

‘The announcements were the best part’: Two friends get a rare Southwest flight all to themselves

‘As a flight attendant I can tell you that is a once in a lifetime experience!’

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3 panel image: on the left a card with a child on the cover, in the middle a hand opens the card, on the right a person has a stunned expression. Text over: my dad got this in the mail from st. jude.

‘Is this a threat?’: Woman’s dad gets Christmas card from St. Jude. Then she opens it and sees just one word

‘Mila’s family commenting is sending me 😭.’

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Screenshot of Instagram user @agiftfromTodd over two screenshots from @veryveryVinny's reel with the caption 'We're in The / Middle of A / Hostile Government Take Over'

The hugely viral ‘Hostile Government Takeover’ song is a traumatic bop—with devastating political commentary

‘Hostile Government Takeover’ has been watched over 5.4 million times.

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Split image; Dr. Bonnie Goff on the left, pregnant person holding stomach on the right

‘This is why I have anxiety’: Doctor explains how your grandmother’s pregnancy shaped your brain before you were born

‘If your grandma is still around, you should probably give her a call, says developmental psychologist Dr. Bonnie Goff.

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Car Shop with text 'Is anyone else DEAD??? I've owned a european repair shop for 14 years in NJ'

‘We’re also dead’: Mechanics say work has vanished—and the slowdown isn’t just hitting them

“We’ve had days where we are getting less than 5 phone calls.”

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2 panel image of a person explaining. Text over says: The Death of the Millennial brand.

‘Rest in peace, the Millennial Brand’: People are arguing over the death of the Millennial brand—and what comes next

R.I.P. Millennial brand, 2010-2025.

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