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Tess Cagle is a reporter who focuses on politics, lifestyle, and streaming entertainment. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Texas Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, Damn Joan, and Community Impact Newspaper. She’s also a portrait, events, and live music photographer in Central Texas.

Tess Cagle

Netflix celebrates the male gaze with puzzlingly sexist teen flick, ‘The Kissing Booth’

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

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YouTube chemist says his scientific experiments will get him banned

Is Jake Paul’s dad breaking up his superteam of YouTube bros?

YouTube deletes hundreds of videos that promoted a website helping students to cheat

Eddie Strait is a member of the Austin Film Critic Association. His reviews focus primarily on streaming entertainment, with an emphasis on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and other on-demand services.

Eddie Strait

Netflix’s ‘End Game’ faces death head-on—and it’s not an easy watch

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

nick crompton resigns jake paul social media squad team 10

Jake Paul’s Team 10 squad loses one of its most influential members

Strangers await an AIDS test in Netflix PSA ‘Sometimes’

Netflix finally made a high school comedy about the debate team

After livestreaming his own car crash, YouTuber posts hospital photo

Chris Osterndorf is an entertainment reporter and movie critic based in Los Angeles. He holds a degree in cinema from Chicago’s DePaul University. His work has appeared on the Daily Dot, Mic, the Script Lab, Salon, the Week, xoJane, and more.

Chris Osterndorf

Don’t be fooled, Netflix’s ‘Dude’ is so much more than a stoner comedy

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

High-concept French rom-com ‘I Am Not An Easy Man’ flips gender roles

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

Audra Schroeder

Breaking down ‘Westworld’ season 2’s terms of service

YouTuber Reset faces jail time over toothpaste prank

YouTuber facing 2 years in prison after feeding homeless man toothpaste-filled Oreos

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

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