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Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

‘The audacity’: TikToker calls out man for requesting $4 via Apple Pay after saying he’d pay for their coffee date

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

‘Men who don’t know are red flags’: Man asks woman why she covers her drink with a napkin in viral TikTok

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Self checkout till with 6 "no cash" signs.

‘They’ll still ask if they can get cash back’: TikToker shows Target self-checkout has 6 signs saying ‘no cash’, sparking debate

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

doordash employee delivers food with caption "tell me i didn't just get the cutest doordasher"

‘That’s sad that someone his age has to work at all’: Viral TikTok shows elderly DoorDash driver, sparking debate

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

‘Asking for a frap is the worst thing you can do at Starbucks’: Workers put customers who order Frappuccinos on blast in viral TikTok

Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

man scrolling on phone in living room with caption "my husband forgot we got a second floor balcony"

‘My husband forgot we got a second-floor balcony’: TikToker records husband while he scrolls through images of women, sparking debate

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

Young woman at Target with captions "When you are racially profiled while buying the Black History Collection at Target in Kalispell, Montana. Stop buying from Target. Find Black Business owners." and "Target is spending millions to get Black dollar but doesn't care to do diversity training. Tag Target and Black Businesses that sell Black History items."

‘The white people in there thought it was funny’: Black TikToker says she was ‘racially profiled,’ accused of stealing at Target while buying from Black History Month collection

‘There is no excuse’: TikToker says she got a DoorDash driver ‘deactivated’ after he ignored request for no-contact delivery, sparking debate

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

A woman holding an ID card (L) and a man holding a receipt (R).

‘Who made you security?’: Karen flashes random ID at Black man who ate gummy worms before paying for them

Teen buries face in knees while holding phone.

‘This is literally terrifying’: TikToker records stepdad screaming at her for wanting to keep her own paycheck, forgetting to flush toilet

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

‘It was Starbucks! It wasn’t like you were trying to take a loan out or anything’: Starbucks ‘Karen’ allegedly wouldn’t let Hispanic woman pay for order with boyfriend’s card

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

A baby in a stroller (L) and a parent with child (R).

‘You ever wanna snatch someone’s kid to teach them a lesson’: TikToker shames mom for leaving kid outside while she orders in viral video, sparking debate

‘They are selling you guys cars with unreported accidents’: Former worker exposes Carvana for allegedly not inspecting damage in viral TikTok

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘That’s on code switching’: Black waitress says pretending to support ‘Blue Lives Matter’ got her bigger tip (updated)

chili's workers with caption "86 sprite, dr pepper, ibc, chicken enchilada soup, baked potato soup salmon, oranges, kernels, black beans, onion petals and we just opened 30 minutes ago. i'm sorry but who tf is ordering chili's at 11:30am"

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