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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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‘It was one of the most awful realizations I had’: Mom shares unexpected realization about motherhood

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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Unclick

Utah MomToker Taylor Frankie Paul alleges her TikTok friends were ‘all intimate with each other,’ sparking a divorce

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘We all just cry in the bathroom, dry our tears and move on’: Mom says TSA wouldn’t allow ice packs for breast milk through security

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I would’ve been so uncomfy’: Dunkin’ worker gives customer a dollar for ‘MILF Monday,’ calls her mommy, sparking debate

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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‘Is there anybody here?’: TikToker finds kids seemingly unattended at her child’s daycare, sparking debate

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

"holy guacamole, you're going to avo baby" card with "congratulations!!! I'm so excited for you! I hope you like these. Jenny B" inside

Why women are getting mysterious greeting cards from ‘Jenny B.’

Jessica Machado is the former IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.

Jessica Machado

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‘Ear parties,’ luxury piercing, and the mothers yearning for control

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

Teen takes his mom to prom since she didn’t get the chance

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The problem with viral ‘sassy’ kid videos

BBC journalist Robert Kelly, viral, wife not nanny

No, the woman in the viral BBC video of interrupting kids is not the nanny

Culture

Son videos the first time his mom with dementia doesn’t know who he is

Brianna Holt is a New York City senior editor and freelance writer who covers culture, music, and tech. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, GQ, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Best Life, ONE37pm, and BuzzFeed. She previously served as an editorial intern with the Daily Dot in 2016.

Moms