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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

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‘Imagine having a racial preference for who brings you your food’: Black Hooters waitress says one of her tables asked for blonde server instead of her

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

Laiken Neumann

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‘So why did PAM get kicked out for LIFE!?!? She was setup’: Chili’s worker shows how much alcohol goes into the margaritas

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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‘If she’s got to follow the thing what is the dang point’: Video of worker helping robot worker in diner sparks debate

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

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‘She survived World War II. I really hope she’ll survive World War III’: Viral TikToks show Ukrainians’ everyday war experiences

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.

Charlotte Colombo

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‘You guys can like imagine what our apartment smells like’: TikToker prints out pictures of dirty litter box to prove her roommate is neglecting cats

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

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‘Walked out of the most toxic job’: Workers say they left juice bar job after owners left them with messy store in viral TikTok

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‘White woman tears’: ‘Karen’ chokes up after berating Black driver and passengers, accusing them of littering in viral TikTok

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

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‘Rude people shouldn’t be allowed to order’: McDonald’s customer takes forever to grab drinks from worker in drive-thru, sparking debate over viral TikTok

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Woman and toddler on couch caption " hey marten, you want leche? yeah ok, where do your hands go? which one? that one! this one?" (l) Woman and toddler on couch caption "breastfeeding my toddler: a boundaries conversation" " hey marten, you want leche?" "is this "gross" to you?" (c) Woman and toddler on couch caption " honestly I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people but I ALMOST quit because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models" (r)

‘I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people’: Viral TikTok shows mother breastfeeding her toddler, sparking debate

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TikToker tries to put woman on blast for sitting next to him at Costco food court, sparking debate

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‘Am I being punked?’: TikToker puts shop on blast for charging $1 for no ice, sparking debate

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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TikToker says she was delivered empty Starbucks cup when ordering through Uber Eats

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‘Got their MD at YouTube university’: TikToker allegedly catches her doctor looking up how to treat her cyst on YouTube

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‘What it’s like traveling as a woman’: TikToker discovers the inside of her hotel room can be seen through peephole

people gathered in lobby with caption "Bach Party in Austin emergency evacuating our VRBO in the middle of the night cause we realized we were being set up to be robbed and/or worse when the doors didn't lock, alarm didn't respond, and Vrbo listing had been taken down :-)"

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