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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

Woman using Tinder while her friend cries during a Skype call

Swipe This! Am I a bad friend for multitasking during a heavy Skype conversation?

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

Tomi Lahren’s ancestor allegedly charged, acquitted for citizenship fraud

A firefighter crew rescues Liam Smyth's Tinder date from two windows she became trapped between while retrieving a poop she tried to throw away.

Woman gets stuck in Tinder date’s window after fetching a poop she tried to throw out

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

Sean Rogan and Jahed Choudhury, the first Muslim in a gay marriage

The complicated family life behind a gay Muslim marriage

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

West Point recognizes transgender graduate with correct name and gender

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

Neo-Nazi website Stormfront has been shut down by its hosting provider

Woman in blue dress starts fight in lobby

Florida woman reveals why she beat up a racist white woman in viral video

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

South Carolina man says Confederate flags aren’t racist, calls MLK racist slur

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

22 texting games to play when you’re bored

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

Teen gets in trouble for not wearing a bra

David Gilmour is a reporter who specializes in national politics, internet culture, and technology.

David Gilmour

Fake ‘antifa’ campaign telling people to ‘punch white women’ is a 4chan hoax

Next time you Google ‘clinical depression,’ prepare to take a quiz about your symptoms

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

Joss Whedon’s alleged sex scandals may finally destroy his feminist image

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

white people listen what to do about charlottesville

10 answers for white people wondering, ‘What can I do about Charlottesville?’

Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

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