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Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

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Planet Fitness worker says she was fired after joking about letting people walk into the gym without checking in on TikTok (updated)

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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‘This is toxic masculinity in action’: Male Karen hurls slurs at TikToker working out shirtless

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.

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‘Sounds like the type of girl who peaked in high school’: Plus-sized TikTok influencer films woman laughing at her at the gym

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

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TikToker says Planet Fitness dress coded her

‘But guys in tank tops are OK?’ TikToker wears crop top and leggings to Planet Fitness, gets dress-coded

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

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‘That was some f*cked-up sh*t’: TikToker catches older men objectifying woman’s looks, smell at Planet Fitness

Samantha Shaps is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a contributor for the Daily Dot.

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Equinox fires instructor concerned about ‘recycled air and body fluids’ (updated)

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Planet Fitness worker says she was fired after joking about letting people walk into the gym without checking in on TikTok (updated)

‘This is toxic masculinity in action’: Male Karen hurls slurs at TikToker working out shirtless

‘Sounds like the type of girl who peaked in high school’: Plus-sized TikTok influencer films woman laughing at her at the gym

‘But guys in tank tops are OK?’ TikToker wears crop top and leggings to Planet Fitness, gets dress-coded

‘That was some fcked-up sht’: TikToker catches older men objectifying woman’s looks, smell at Planet Fitness

Equinox fires instructor concerned about ‘recycled air and body fluids’ (updated)

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