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Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Culture

Scathing reading comprehension rant says BookTok recommendations are untrustworthy: “Some of you need to go back to a high school-level literature class”

“I wanted to articulate myself better”: Kai Cenat explained why he started reading books every day

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

Battlefield video game scene, soldiers in camo holding weapons looking at an explosion. Text overlay reads, "'He spells the word 'grenade.' Shocked, I said, 'oh, so you don’t know how to read.'"

“Can teenagers read?”: Gamer’s teammate couldn’t spell “grenade,” so they asked teachers what’s going on

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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“Stands for kindness”: Publisher condemns Pete Hegseth’s use of Franklin the Turtle in parody meme

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“You’re an author now”: Elyse Myers responds to book criticism on social media, sparking a discussion on reader-only spaces

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

The meaning behind “analog bags,” social media’s latest minimalist obsession

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Librarian who quit job to protect his mental health is the new host of “Reading Rainbow”

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Left: Tweet reading "wuthering heights with 35 yo catherine, the whitewashed version of heathcliff. original music by charli xcx. emily brontë did not die for this." Right: Still of actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in the new "Wuthering Heights" movie about to kiss.

“The matcha Dubai chocolate Labubu of film”: New “Wuthering Heights” trailer slammed as too horny, whitewashed, and nothing like Brontë’s novel

Left: Girl pulling hair behind her air, caption overlay reads: "Me: 'I read 100 books a week' Them: 'no way...HOW?'" Right: Tweet reading: "What’s with this epidemic of people who obviously don’t enjoy reading trying to convince everyone (and themselves) that they Are a reader."

“Congrats on making Fahrenheit 451 a reality!”: People are bragging about “reading” hundreds of books—but it’s just AI summaries

“Age of Scorpius” author blasted on Goodreads and BookTok after viral hype fizzles

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BookTok and Reylo fans frenzy over “The Love Hypothesis” casting teasers

“Project Hail Mary” trailer breaks record  with 400 million views in one week: “Rarely been this excited to see a movie”

3 panel: TikTokers in front of their bookshelves doing the viral "Who said that?" TikTok challenge

Book lovers are whispering their hottest book takes in the viral “who said that?” trend

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

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“We can’t let her be just another case”: Book influencer’s death leads to calls for tougher femicide laws

Three panel image: First a boy in a trench coat with the caption: "How I feel knowing international best selling author Quan Millz will never find my small account" Second: A bald eagle with caption reading, "Quan Millz after finding EVERY video mentioning him and reposting it" Third: A person looking into the camera underneath a caption reading, "I know Quan Millz won't find this cuz i'm just a small account with less than 50 views"

TikTokers are daring horror writer Quan Millz to find them, and he does every single time

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