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

Tricia Crimmins

A TikToker found hamsters by a PetSmart dumpster.

‘Just found a box of f*cking hamsters’: TikToker says she found live animals abandoned in PetSmart dumpster

Liza Bautista is a former reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and is based in NYC. Her work has appeared in i-D, Decider, and the Interlude.

Liza Bautista

white woman on phone is a hotel distressed

‘Who talks to others like that?’: Video of TikToker’s mom freaking out over hotel mix-up sparks debate over whether she’s a Karen

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

Customers help clean understaffed Waffle House in viral TikTok

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Restaurant worker says she was fired after someone changed customer’s tip to her

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

Cecilia Lenzen

White women ogle at Black TikToker's hair

‘The disrespect’: Black TikToker lets white women ogle at her hair, sparking debate

TikToker says man repeatedly harassed her at the gym.

‘Being a female is fun’: TikToker shuts down dude who approached her at gym

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

‘Pulling some ableist sh*t’: Man accuses blind TikToker of faking condition in viral video

Aisha Hana, a Pakistani woman, is accused of Blackfishing and responds.

‘You only mistake me for white because white women have gone crazy with feature altering’: Pakistani TikToker goes viral for response to blackfishing allegations

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

young woman in bathrobe split screen with young woman eating in restaurant with captions "Hi. That's me singing." (l) and "Doing my best. Have a great day." (r)

Diner rolls eyes, makes faces while listening to waitress sing in viral TikTok—it backfires

little girl in driver's seat of truck (l) girl running away in parking lot (c) inside center compartment in truck (r) all with caption "The time I came out of recoil and this little girl was in my car"

‘There’s Karens, and then there is Lil Debbies’: Viral TikTok of white child getting into Black man’s car without permission sparks debate

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

‘Social media is a lie’: TikTok of couple celebrating their ’drama free’ relationship surfaces after man allegedly kills wife

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

Denise Bradley is exposing anti-Black content in 'white lives matter' groups on Facebook

‘I want them to feel uncomfortable’: Black influencer Aunt Karen is infiltrating ‘white lives matter’ groups to expose racism

‘I’d feel safer in the normal one’: Viral TikTok of women-only parking garage sparks debate

Tiktok of Black woman being questioned by police at a starbucks and being asked to leave #studyingwhileblack

‘#StudyingWhileBlack’: Starbucks employee calls police on Black TikToker because she wasn’t carrying vaccination card

Sabine Joseph was a former reporting intern for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Miami and Connecticut publications, including Montage, the Miami Laker, and Connecticut Health I-Team.

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