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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

Swipe This! Why does the guy I’m dating have such a hot-and-cold texting style?

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

White woman threatens to deport Spanish-speaking family in restaurant

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

Dallas police officer Jamie McDonald YouTube child

Cop charged with beating her 8-year-old daughter after she posted a YouTube video

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

white woman blocks black man from apartment building

White woman fired over video of her blocking Black man from his condo

Alexis Tatum is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She&#8217;s a former editorial intern with the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Orange magazine, the Daily Texan, and the Houston Defender.

Alexis Tatum

Sikh poet Jasmin Kaur calls out white feminists for co-opting her work

GoFundMe campaigns launch for victims of limo crash that killed 20

This viral list of 22 boyfriend rules is full of emotional abuse red flags

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

A hairstylist was fired after a video of him kicking a woman at an anti-abortion rally went viral.

Hairstylist loses job after viral video shows him kicking anti-abortion protester

Brett Kavanaugh can’t stop shouting ‘I like beer’ at his hearing today

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

Woman walks alone at night. One activist asked women to open up about what they would do if men had a curfew at 9pm.

Women explain how their lives would improve if men had curfews

Beware of the dangerous transphobia behind this YouTuber’s ‘theybies’ rant

Facebook sued by former content moderator who says violence, loud noises trigger her PTSD

Sesame Street once again denies that Bert and Ernie are a gay couple—and Twitter is freaking out.

Why Twitter is freaking out over whether Bert and Ernie are gay

Stacey Ritzen is a reporter and editor based in West Philadelphia with over 10 years&#8217; experience covering pop culture, web culture, entertainment, and news. You can follow her on Twitter @staceyritzen.

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