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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

The best haunted house movies to watch online in 2019

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

Why you should be watching ‘Red vs Blue’ on Netflix

Brenden Gallagher is a politics reporter and cultural commentator. His work has been published by Motherboard, Complex, and VH1. He’s the co-founder of Beer Money Films, an indie production company. Based in Los Angeles, he works in television drama as a writers assistant.

Brenden Gallagher

Unclick

Tom Brady keeps supplying us with new meme material

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

The Amazon rainforest is on fire–and people are using memes to cope

Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org

Siobhan Ball

This comedian attempted to make fun of women on Twitter—and it did not go over well

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.

Stacey Ritzen

People are transfixed by a TikTok cat dancing along to ‘Mr. Sandman’

These are the 10 best villains DC comics has ever conceived

Caitlin Moore has been watching anime since a two-episode VHS cost $30. She writes for her own blog, I Have a Heroine Problem; writes, edits, and podcasts for Anime Feminist; and travels to anime conventions doing panels about shoujo manga.

Caitlin Moore

‘Enter the Anime’ is a soulless infomercial for Netflix original anime

Katie Balevic is a former editorial intern at the Daily Dot. Her previous work has appeared in the Daily Texan, the Victoria Advocate, and the Houston Defender.

Katie Balevic

Who knew Idris Elba choking on a hot wing could be so relatable?

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

‘The OA’ fans are doing the ‘movements’ to bring the show back to life

How an unlikely marriage of memes gave us ‘woman yelling at cat’

Elizabeth VanMetre is a reporter based in Wyoming. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared on ETOnline, the New York Daily News, Yahoo Travel, and more. She hosts a local morning show in Wyoming.

Elizabeth VanMetre

How does Mike Wazowski cry? 

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

How ‘Am I the Asshole?’ became the internet’s most profound query

These Galactus theories sure seem plausible for Phase 4 of the MCU

Dominic-Madori Davis is a recent graduate of the University of Southern California. She covers the internet, politics, and social issues.