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Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

A hat (L), frozen soup (C), and boxes (R).

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‘I will never look at mac and cheese the same’: TikToker reveals what ‘your food really looks like’ on last day at Panera in viral video

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

Laiken Neumann

doordash employee delivers food with caption "tell me i didn't just get the cutest doordasher"

‘That’s sad that someone his age has to work at all’: Viral TikTok shows elderly DoorDash driver, sparking debate

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

‘Asking for a frap is the worst thing you can do at Starbucks’: Workers put customers who order Frappuccinos on blast in viral TikTok

hand holding can of pet food with captions "u should try at a pet store" and "just how much pet food i rescued over the past two years" (l) bag of dog food in dumpster with caption "for throwing out thousands of pounds of pet food every single year;" (c) dog food bag with caption "and i'm talking EACH STORE throwing out thousands of pounds of pet food." (r)

‘It’s actually kind of insane just how much pet food I’ve rescued’: TikToker reveals how much pet food she found while dumpster diving in viral video

Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

man scrolling on phone in living room with caption "my husband forgot we got a second floor balcony"

‘My husband forgot we got a second-floor balcony’: TikToker records husband while he scrolls through images of women, sparking debate

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

Young woman at Target with captions "When you are racially profiled while buying the Black History Collection at Target in Kalispell, Montana. Stop buying from Target. Find Black Business owners." and "Target is spending millions to get Black dollar but doesn't care to do diversity training. Tag Target and Black Businesses that sell Black History items."

‘The white people in there thought it was funny’: Black TikToker says she was ‘racially profiled,’ accused of stealing at Target while buying from Black History Month collection

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

Cecilia Lenzen

‘There is no excuse’: TikToker says she got a DoorDash driver ‘deactivated’ after he ignored request for no-contact delivery, sparking debate

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

Tricia Crimmins

A woman holding an ID card (L) and a man holding a receipt (R).

‘Who made you security?’: Karen flashes random ID at Black man who ate gummy worms before paying for them

Teen buries face in knees while holding phone.

‘This is literally terrifying’: TikToker records stepdad screaming at her for wanting to keep her own paycheck, forgetting to flush toilet

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.

Moises Mendez II

‘It was Starbucks! It wasn’t like you were trying to take a loan out or anything’: Starbucks ‘Karen’ allegedly wouldn’t let Hispanic woman pay for order with boyfriend’s card

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

A baby in a stroller (L) and a parent with child (R).

‘You ever wanna snatch someone’s kid to teach them a lesson’: TikToker shames mom for leaving kid outside while she orders in viral video, sparking debate

‘They are selling you guys cars with unreported accidents’: Former worker exposes Carvana for allegedly not inspecting damage in viral TikTok

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘That’s on code switching’: Black waitress says pretending to support ‘Blue Lives Matter’ got her bigger tip (updated)

‘Make sure you check the dates’: Starbucks worker issues PSA after learning production dates on some syrup bottles are almost a year old

chili's workers with caption "86 sprite, dr pepper, ibc, chicken enchilada soup, baked potato soup salmon, oranges, kernels, black beans, onion petals and we just opened 30 minutes ago. i'm sorry but who tf is ordering chili's at 11:30am"

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