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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

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Viral TikTok shows high schooler shutting down ‘cheating ex’ after he publicly asks her to homecoming

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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High school falsely accused by conservative outlet of forcing unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

David Britton

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Teen turns Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DNA’ into rap about actual DNA for extra credit

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Teens are meme-ing the AP US History and AP Literature exams

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Man in a foot race faceplants into a door harder than you thought humanly possible

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Kathryn and her dog Soldier Campbell in the Timber Creek High School yearbook

Kathryn and Soldier Campbell

Golden Retriever gets his own picture in owner’s high school yearbook

Lyz Lenz is currently the managing editor of the Rumpus. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Jezebel, the Columbia Journalism Review, and Mashable.

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Montana teen refuses to wear a bra to school, goes viral

Cynthia McKelvey covered the health and science for the Daily Dot until 2017. She earned a graduate degree in science communication from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2014. Her work has appeared in Gizmodo, Scientific American Mind, and Mic.com.

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No, those Japanese high school students didn’t invent shell-less chicken hatching

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Viral TikTok shows high schooler shutting down ‘cheating ex’ after he publicly asks her to homecoming

High school falsely accused by conservative outlet of forcing unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors

Teen turns Kendrick Lamar’s ‘DNA’ into rap about actual DNA for extra credit

Teens are meme-ing the AP US History and AP Literature exams

Man in a foot race faceplants into a door harder than you thought humanly possible

Golden Retriever gets his own picture in owner’s high school yearbook

Montana teen refuses to wear a bra to school, goes viral

No, those Japanese high school students didn’t invent shell-less chicken hatching

Horrifying yearbook photo depicts a young Ted Cruz as biblical mime

Senior makes stunning confession in his yearbook quote

This stoner’s weed-based promposal was a smoking success

These badass teens are the new queens of the #SausageMovement

Teen behind viral laser-cat yearbook photo dead in apparent suicide

Teen petitions school to allow his amazing laser-cat yearbook photo

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