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A former New York Teaching Fellow, her writing has been featured in Reductress, Rolling Stone, Mic, Someecards, and more.

Nayomi Reghay

Swipe This! Do I have to follow my best friend’s annoying girlfriend on Instagram?

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

Walmart ignites controversy for describing wig cap with a racial slur

Winona Dimeo-Ediger was a Daily Dot contributor whose byline has also appeared in Rolling Stone, NPR, the TED Blog, and Ravishly.

Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Munchausen by internet: The rise of medical crowdfunding scams

Jessica Machado is the former IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.

Jessica Machado

‘Adam Ruins Everything’ shuts down myths about getting pregnant after 35

Kristen Hubby is a tech and lifestyle reporter. Her work has also appeared in Austin Monthly and the Austin American-Statesman, where she covered local news and the dining scene in Austin, Texas.

Kristen Hubby

10 glamorous facts about Gigi Gorgeous, YouTube’s beauty queen

Sarah Jasmine Montgomery was a Daily Dot contributor whose writing and criticism covering all things pop culture, with an emphasis on how communities of color impact physical and digital cultural spaces. Her writing and photography have also appeared in Texas Monthly, the Fader, Complex, and Billboard.

Sarah Jasmine Montgomery

Orlando police pull over Florida’s only black state attorney

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

Male critic criticizes Bechdel Test within the context of 'The Beguiled'

Misguided male film critic is mad the Bechdel Test isn’t fair to male-dominated Hollywood

Teen dies from electrocution after using cellphone in the bathtub

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Is black ice cream screwing with your birth control?

Teen Titans writer David Slack busts a fan theory about Beast Boy being in the friend zone

TV writer perfectly shuts down fan’s misogynistic ‘friend zone’ theory

Swipe This! I know the dirty truth about my friend’s Instagram-perfect relationship

Chris Tognotti is a news and current events writer based out of Berkeley, California, and a co-host of the podcast Now We Know. While he specializes in domestic politics and opinion writing, he’s also savvy on sports, video games, and film.

Chris Tognotti

Judge Aaron Persky finally speaks out on the Brock Turner sentencing

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

Bar under fire for calling customers racist names, decorating beers in a swastika

Vanna Vasquez is a former intern at the Daily Dot whose work focused on viral news, politics, and YouTube. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she has also published bylines with BuzzFeed.

Vanna Vasquez

VidCon apologizes for panelist clash involving activist Anita Sarkeesian

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

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