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Alex Dalbey is a writer and zinester currently living in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They have written for The Daily Dot, Kill Screen, The Lingerie Addict, and Bullet Points.

Alex Dalbey

Family of officer who killed neighbor Botham Jean says they’re not racist

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

YouTuber details harrowing harassment while traveling abroad

No, the cop who entered the wrong apartment and killed her neighbor didn’t used to date him

Formerly a Fulbright fellow, Claire Lampen is a lifestyle reporter who has published work with Vogue, Gizmodo, Refinery29, Teen Vogue, the BBC, Vice, Marie Claire, and more.

Claire Lampen

The Trump administration’s latest plan to detain immigrant children indefinitely should terrify you

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

Woman gets 7 years in prison after smuggling cocaine for catfisher

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

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‘Ear parties,’ luxury piercing, and the mothers yearning for control

Paul Gonzales, the dine-and-dash dater facing 10 felony charges.

Serial ‘dine-n-dash dater’ faces felony charges for sticking his dates with expensive bills

Jessamyn Stanley is fighting for radical visibility and yoga for every body

How should we celebrate Women’s Equality Day in 2018?

Ellen Ioanes is a former FOIA reporter at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Center for Public Integrity, HuffPost India, and more.

Ellen Ioanes

Trolls attack slain Mollie Tibbetts for pro-immigration tweets

Trans people keep getting suspended from Twitter—and they want answers (updated)

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.

Ana Valens

Embracing pansexuality: A queer woman opens up about how she came to identify

Annie Segarra and other wheelchair users share that #AmbulatoryWheelchairUsersExist on Twitter.

Yes, ambulatory wheelchair users exist—and aren’t ‘faking’ when they use aids

"how Milennials killed mayonnaise" tweet over mayonnaise jar

Keep mayo’s name out of your screed about white obsoletion

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

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