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Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘I don’t feel comfortable bringing myself or other girls around you’: Woman says music promoter made ‘sexual advances’—and can’t handle rejection

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

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consent

‘Same thing as when a man puts things in a girls drink without her knowing’: A woman made a joke about slipping her boyfriend a supplement to make him last longer in bed, sparking a debate on consent

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dominos supreme toppings

‘This is why I don’t eat out anymore’: A Domino’s employee claims they use scraps to make supreme pizza, sparking debate

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

Cecilia Lenzen

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safer drug use

‘This might save a life’: Harm reduction TikTokers are taking to the platform to share information on safer drug use practices

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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do not turn to plants for ab0rtions

‘Thank you for mentioning the risks’: TikTok foragers are warning viewers not to turn to plants for abortions in the wake of the Supreme Court draft leak

Maria Santa Poggi is an incoming MFA candidate at Sarah Lawrence College for poetry. She is a freelance writer, and her work has appeared in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Paper, and i-d, amongst other publications.

Maria Poggi

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‘Can you get Samuel Alito’s next?’: TikToker encouraged viewers to troll anti-abortion lawmakers via Venmo requests

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Pro-choice advocates are mailing clothing hangers to the Supreme Court as a form of protest, sparking debate

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‘Keep your laws off my body’: Women are using a trend on TikTok to discuss the sexual trauma that caused them to consider abortion

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

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘This is so unbelievably common’: Women on TikTok are talking about their experiences with birth control side effects

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‘This is the best self own I’ve ever seen’: A young Republican claimed to write ‘liberal essays’ for a good grade. TikTok told her she was just using facts

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‘The audacity to write ‘congratulations’ in the email’: Woman says her rent went up by $2,500 in Austin, apartment sent her email congratulating her

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‘There’s no communication, the management here sucks’: Former Crumbl Cookies employee says she quit because company doesn’t ‘value employees’

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

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Rachel Kiley

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‘U have no idea how this will impact women but yea super funny!’: Man shares his abortion-themed pick-up line he uses on Tinder matches, sparking debate

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messy dollar tree

‘These people don’t even work here, and they’re helping her’: Dollar Tree manager filmed alone in store so messy and overrun that customers have to help

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