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Isabel Armiento is a Toronto-based freelance journalist and a blog editor at Shameless magazine. You can read more of her work in The Home Pitch, This magazine, and elsewhere.

Isabel Armiento

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Anmol is a Muslim Pakistani freelance journalist and the founder of Perspective Magazine. Her work focuses on global gender justice movements, education, culture, and more, with a particular focus on Pakistani narratives

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Creators in Pakistan struggle against the country’s unpredictable social media bans

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

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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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‘It was a love letter to the franchise and what did Paramount do? They blocked it’: Outrage as ‘SpongeBob’ fan film removed on YouTube

Steven Asarch is an internet culture reporter who lives on Twitch and YouTube. After graduating from Baruch College, he wrote for IBT Media, Newsweek and Insider. In 2021, he executive produced the docu-series &#8220;Onision in Real Life&#8221; on Discovery +.

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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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‘How is she that upset’: Karen calls the cops on Black YouTuber filming in Best Buy parking lot

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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.

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‘You don’t belong here’: ‘Racist Karen’ calls police on Black employee in parking garage

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

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‘Gives me goosebumps’: YouTuber dies 5 days after posting video saying he was ‘not dead’

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