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Kris Seavers was the senior IRL editor and training director for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Central Texas publications, including Austin Monthly and San Antonio Magazine, and on NPR.

Kris Seavers

Curvy Wife Guy drops music video for rap song ‘Chubby Sexy’

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

‘Gay rat wedding’ headline sparks amazing new meme

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

‘Falling on deaf ears’: ‘Queer Eye’ star sparks conversation about ableist idioms

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

Forget Hot Jafar. All hail Fat Ursula

This dating app wants you to rate men—and hold them accountable

This 14-year-old’s ‘edgy’ YouTube channel parrots the far-right

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

Threatening text added to Wikipedia 8 days before STEM school shooting (updated)

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Streamer blasts Twitch for allowing ‘thots’ to use ‘their t*ts as puppets’

Christine Marshall, a deaf activist and film and digital media student at UCSC

#WhyDisabledPeopleDropout explores the challenges of being a disabled student

Wikipedia just won’t let this Black female scientist’s page stay

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

‘Avengers: Endgame’ includes a gay character—but it’s an awkward choice

Nick Bosa scrubs problematic social media activity ahead of NFL Draft.

Top NFL draft pick Nick Bosa scrubs racist, homophobic social media activity

Report: Facebook is punishing Black people for talking about racism (updated)

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

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