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Kaiya Shunyata is a Black Canadian freelance journalist and academic. Their work focuses on film, music and how queerness intersects with the two mediums. Their work has appeared on Gal-Dem, RogerEbert.com and Letterboxd and more.

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Melina Khan is a New England-based journalist and former editorial intern at the Daily Dot. Her work has previously appeared in The Day, The Quinnipiac Chronicle, and more than 30 NBC station affiliates nationwide.

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‘Whoever got fired I hope the other quit right then and there’: Worker films herself and co-worker dancing—one of them got let go

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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Jackie Ibarra is a former intern for the Daily Dot. The San Antonio native was previously a podcast host for the Drag. She has previously reported for Latinitas magazine and the Daily Texan.

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‘Colleges lack so much empathy’: Student calls out professor who made her take an exam after her friend died, sparking outrage

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‘This will either make the girls night, or a phone call with HR’: Cook compliments worker’s butt in to-go box note, sparking debate

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Robert Dean is a journalist, raconteur, and enlightened dumbass. His work has been featured in places like MIC, Eater, Fatherly, Yahoo, Austin American-Statesman, Consequence of Sound, Ozy, USA Today, to name a few. He’s appeared on CNN and NPR. He also serves as features writer for Hussy Magazine, and is editor in chief for Big Laugh Comedy, Texas’ biggest comedy production company. He lives in Austin and loves ice cream and koalas.

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