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Rachel Joy Thomas is a music journalist, freelance writer, and hopeful author who resides in Austin, Texas.

Rachel Joy Thomas

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‘I always just keep it in the bag’: Expert warns against storing pet food in plastic containers. Here’s why

Steve Ecker is a freelance reporter based in Austin, Texas. He has an extensive background in consumer marketing and is also an artist running Get Lost Collages.

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‘On YOUR phone?? Nah’: Shopper says she was scolded, kicked out of pet store for comparing prices on Amazon

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies.

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‘Throw ‘em away’: Woman warns this common product is ‘poison’ to your cats

Angela Shanice Littlefield is a freelance writer with a focus on pop culture and tech news. She&#8217;s a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She has written and worked for entertainment figures such as Sirius XM Radio Personality Sway Calloway, and published work for Grammy U, the NAACP&#8217;s Crisis magazine, and Austin Monthly magazine.

Angela Littlefield

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‘Not me sleeping with my cat rn’: Woman issues warning about sleeping with your pets in the bed. She can’t believe this happened to her

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

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‘Just take the sock…’: Driver shares hidden use of Purina cat litter for cars. Does it work?

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‘Lemonade has absolutely saved us after we had $20k in vet bills for 3 nights’: Vet reveals the real reason pet owners need insurance

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

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‘That’s so clever’: Woman goes to Petco when her dog has fleas. Then the cashier says do this $5 hack instead

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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Vets are dishing out the pet names they’re sick of hearing on TikTok

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‘Dog food with lead in it’: FedEx delivery driver has a PSA for customers who order Chewy deliveries

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

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‘Most expensive dog toy ever’: Woman shares how BarkBox dog toy cost her $8,000

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‘It’s not a safe place’: Woman says Rover dogsitter gave their dogs away to someone else

Viewers upset after John Oliver gets played off during acceptance speech at the 2024 Emmy Awards

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John Oliver curses out Emmys after being played off while honoring late dog in speech: ‘I feel like Sarah McLachlan right now’

Nursing student warns you should use gloves to clean your litter box

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‘With my indoor cats I tried to be careful’: Nursing student warns you should use gloves to clean your litter box

Expert warns against Target’s Kindfull cat food, shares what to get instead

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‘Kindfull was always sketchy to me’: Expert warns against Target’s Kindfull cat food, shares what to get instead

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

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