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Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

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‘The icon’: Olivia Rodrigo pulls ‘deja vu’ audio after Trump uses it in president-elect TikTok

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

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Kira Deshler is a former assistant newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. Kira received a Master&#8217;s in Media Studies from UT Austin and has previously written for sites like Slash Film and Looper. She runs her own Substack newsletter, Paging Dr. Lesbian, and is a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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Lady Gaga fans thrilled by ‘Disease,’ the singer’s first pop song in 4 years

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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‘Direct from Domingo’: Ariana Grande’s Sabrina Carpenter parody is record-setting. So of course, it’s a TikTok movement, too

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Tegan and Sara documentary tells of the power and the perils of music fandom

Grace Rampaul is a former intern at the Daily Dot. Grace is based in Austin and covers trending stories, entertainment, cultural phenomenon, and all things social.

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‘I will never use their website again’: StubHub customer spends thousands on Taylor Swift concert tickets. Then she gets an error

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The history of Lofi Girl, the popular 24/7 livestream and neverending study session

Ryan Schocket is a NJ/NYC-based writer. When he&#8217;s not writing, he&#8217;s busy obsessing over celebrities (mostly Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey!), beauty treatments, internet culture — or hanging with his English bulldog. His work has appeared in BuzzFeed and Esquire.

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Millennials are correcting Gen-Z’s TikTok dance to ‘Da Dip’

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