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Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘Took my $37 order to $190’: TikToker says her Instacart shopper tried adding extra items to her order, falsely marked it as delivered

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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‘You can literally tell it’s a white person’: TikToker calls out Shein for allegedly making white model Black

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video￼

Elizabeth Rose started her career chasing celebrities around New York City. Now she gets the inside scoop on TikTok stars and trends. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared on ETOnline, the New York Daily News, and InTouch Magazine.

Elizabeth Rose

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‘Give the waiter and the manager their names and their phone numbers’: TikToker’s friends appear to leave her with bill at Cheesecake Factory in viral video

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

Laiken Neumann

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‘The only positive is that the locals probably overcharged them’: TikToker puts all the white people in braids on blast after their cruise makes stop at a Caribbean island

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‘Can someone please f*cking help me? Like, I’m crying right now’: Dunkin’ worker says she’s all alone a week into job, sparking debate

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‘Decided a day before payday that they didn’t want to pay me’: TikToker says job falsely accused her of stealing day before payday

‘Should’ve kept my damn mouth shut’: TikToker shows how her history professor switched up after she revealed she was a woman

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

Anti-abortion protester accidentally doxes herself on camera.

‘The look in her eyes when she realizes what she just did’: Anti-abortion protester accidentally doxes herself on camera

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‘Trying to enjoy any Miley Cyrus song but then remembering she doesn’t tip’: TikToker says Miley Cyrus didn’t tip at restaurant in viral video

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

Grace Stanley

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‘Is this how you guys train your employees to deal with homeless people?’: Ben & Jerry’s worker accused of throwing water on unhoused person with disability (updated)

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

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‘Feel like this could’ve been avoided by not going out with white conservatives’: TikToker says ICE showed up after he agreed to date with Hinge match

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‘This is low to play with someone like this’: TikToker hits on Burger King worker, makes promise of high-paying job in video, sparking debate

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‘That’s on influencer culture’: TikToker inputs ‘common girl names’ to get discount codes when making online purchases

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Culture

‘Took my $37 order to $190’: TikToker says her Instacart shopper tried adding extra items to her order, falsely marked it as delivered

‘You can literally tell it’s a white person’: TikToker calls out Shein for allegedly making white model Black

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video

‘Give the waiter and the manager their names and their phone numbers’: TikToker’s friends appear to leave her with bill at Cheesecake Factory in viral video

‘The only positive is that the locals probably overcharged them’: TikToker puts all the white people in braids on blast after their cruise makes stop at a Caribbean island

‘Can someone please f*cking help me? Like, I’m crying right now’: Dunkin’ worker says she’s all alone a week into job, sparking debate

‘Decided a day before payday that they didn’t want to pay me’: TikToker says job falsely accused her of stealing day before payday

‘Should’ve kept my damn mouth shut’: TikToker shows how her history professor switched up after she revealed she was a woman

‘The look in her eyes when she realizes what she just did’: Anti-abortion protester accidentally doxes herself on camera

‘Trying to enjoy any Miley Cyrus song but then remembering she doesn’t tip’: TikToker says Miley Cyrus didn’t tip at restaurant in viral video

‘Is this how you guys train your employees to deal with homeless people?’: Ben & Jerry’s worker accused of throwing water on unhoused person with disability (updated)

‘Feel like this could’ve been avoided by not going out with white conservatives’: TikToker says ICE showed up after he agreed to date with Hinge match

‘This is low to play with someone like this’: TikToker hits on Burger King worker, makes promise of high-paying job in video, sparking debate

‘That’s on influencer culture’: TikToker inputs ‘common girl names’ to get discount codes when making online purchases

‘Was scared for my life for multiple reasons’: Gay TikToker films her Uber driver allegedly sending homophobic video to a friend while driving

Culture

‘Took my $37 order to $190’: TikToker says her Instacart shopper tried adding extra items to her order, falsely marked it as delivered

‘You can literally tell it’s a white person’: TikToker calls out Shein for allegedly making white model Black

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video￼

‘Give the waiter and the manager their names and their phone numbers’: TikToker’s friends appear to leave her with bill at Cheesecake Factory in viral video

‘The only positive is that the locals probably overcharged them’: TikToker puts all the white people in braids on blast after their cruise makes stop at a Caribbean island

‘Can someone please f*cking help me? Like, I’m crying right now’: Dunkin’ worker says she’s all alone a week into job, sparking debate

‘Decided a day before payday that they didn’t want to pay me’: TikToker says job falsely accused her of stealing day before payday

‘Should’ve kept my damn mouth shut’: TikToker shows how her history professor switched up after she revealed she was a woman

‘The look in her eyes when she realizes what she just did’: Anti-abortion protester accidentally doxes herself on camera

‘Trying to enjoy any Miley Cyrus song but then remembering she doesn’t tip’: TikToker says Miley Cyrus didn’t tip at restaurant in viral video

‘Is this how you guys train your employees to deal with homeless people?’: Ben & Jerry’s worker accused of throwing water on unhoused person with disability (updated)

‘Feel like this could’ve been avoided by not going out with white conservatives’: TikToker says ICE showed up after he agreed to date with Hinge match

‘This is low to play with someone like this’: TikToker hits on Burger King worker, makes promise of high-paying job in video, sparking debate

‘That’s on influencer culture’: TikToker inputs ‘common girl names’ to get discount codes when making online purchases

‘Was scared for my life for multiple reasons’: Gay TikToker films her Uber driver allegedly sending homophobic video to a friend while driving

‘When you got scammed at your local 7-Eleven’: TikToker finds card skimmer after ripping card machine apart in viral video