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Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

Ex-housekeeper reveals the grossest thing she sees when she cleans your house that you may not realize you’re leaving behind

‘Did you happen to notice another collar?’: Housekeeper reveals the most awkward customer encounter she’s had while cleaning

Eric Webb is a native Texan and national award-winning pop culture critic, arts &amp; entertainment journalist, and editor.

Eric Webb

Dog with cheetos(l+r), Flaming Hot Cheetos bag(c)

‘He’s mad at me’: Ben the golden retriever refuses to surrender Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

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

Braden Bjella

Woman with dog(l), Gofundme logo(c), Woman talking(r)

‘PSYCHIC ABILITIES?’: Viewers divided over woman’s $20,000 GoFundMe to find lost dog after she hired a pet detective

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

Kyle Calise

Entertainment

Meme History: How the ‘This is Fine’ dog set the Internet on fire

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

Michelle Jaworski

Unclick

The internet mourns Cheems, a Shiba Inu who became a meme

Olivia is a freelance writer who has been published in Collider, Distractify, Ranker, and StyleCaster.

Olivia Hebert

Pete Davidson speaking in front of blurry background

People are backing Pete Davidson after PETA criticized him for buying a dog instead of adopting one

‘No but I would literally do the same thing’: Worker quits after job didn’t let her take the day off to grieve her dog

‘People need to mind their business’: People think woman snuck her dog on United Airlines flight, sparking debate

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

‘Never take food from strangers’: Former Airbnb customer service rep says a host fed guests ‘welcome spaghetti’ with dog food in it

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

amazong worker walking towards yard (l) amazon box (m) amazon worker throwing packages on dog (r)

Customer says Amazon worker ‘intentionally’ threw packages on their dog

Woman holding dog vet blurred in background (l) Woamn greenscreen tiktok over vet google search caption " This is so fucking DISGUSTING> Makes me wonder were their reviews before I took my dog here that were deleted??? How does my review get deleted of a place that caused my dogs death??? I HAVE NO WORDS." (r)"

‘How many bad reviews were deleted before I brought my dog here?’: TikToker says New York City vet is deleting bad Google reviews in viral TikTok

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

Laiken Neumann

Denny's Diner building with sign (l) Older karen freaking out at dennys man drinking behind her (r)

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car￼

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

Dog having his dna swabbed from his cheek (l) Paper about owners not picking up their dogs waste caption "THEY'RE DNA TESTING ALL DOGS WTF"

‘That’s literally insane’: Apartment complex institutes dog DNA testing to hunt down poop offenders in viral TikTok, sparking debate

dog rushing at viewer (l) injured hand (r)

‘I can’t stand people who leave their dogs loose while your just trying to do your job’: DoorDash driver gets attacked by dog in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

dog birthday water stations with caption "my dogs got invited to another dogs birthday party and there was water tasting stations there because millineals are extra as f*%k"

‘We can’t buy houses. Might as well’: Dog birthday party features water-tasting station so dogs can taste Evian in viral TikTok, sparking debate about millennials

Dogs