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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

Culture

Gen-Z readers are revealing a bizarre misunderstanding of first-person POV

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

Scathing reading comprehension rant says BookTok recommendations are untrustworthy: “Some of you need to go back to a high school-level literature class”

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

elyse myers posing with her book next to her threads response to negative review

“You’re an author now”: Elyse Myers responds to book criticism on social media, sparking a discussion on reader-only spaces

Left: Tweet reading "wuthering heights with 35 yo catherine, the whitewashed version of heathcliff. original music by charli xcx. emily brontë did not die for this." Right: Still of actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in the new "Wuthering Heights" movie about to kiss.

“The matcha Dubai chocolate Labubu of film”: New “Wuthering Heights” trailer slammed as too horny, whitewashed, and nothing like Brontë’s novel

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

“Age of Scorpius” author blasted on Goodreads and BookTok after viral hype fizzles

the love hypothesis movie lili reinhart casting booktok

Entertainment

BookTok and Reylo fans frenzy over “The Love Hypothesis” casting teasers

3 panel: TikTokers in front of their bookshelves doing the viral "Who said that?" TikTok challenge

Book lovers are whispering their hottest book takes in the viral “who said that?” trend

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Three panel image: First a boy in a trench coat with the caption: "How I feel knowing international best selling author Quan Millz will never find my small account" Second: A bald eagle with caption reading, "Quan Millz after finding EVERY video mentioning him and reposting it" Third: A person looking into the camera underneath a caption reading, "I know Quan Millz won't find this cuz i'm just a small account with less than 50 views"

TikTokers are daring horror writer Quan Millz to find them, and he does every single time

3 panel image of a person explaining on TikTok.

‘The Willy Wonka Experience of BookTok’: Book festival drama erupts over failed promises and no shows

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

Rachel Kiley

Reader’s insistence it’s ‘weird’ not to imagine yourself as the main character in every book sparks heated debate

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Two panel design with a stack of books at a Barners & Noble with text overlay reading "I'm so Glad that they put a warning sign up for these books at B&N!", net to an image of a Barnes & Noble

‘It’s like a stop sign’: Woman walks into Barnes & Noble. Then she spots something unusual in this new section

Two panel design with an image of books being sold and being looking at them, next to an image of a Costco

‘This breaks my heart’: Costco will stop selling books year-round in 2025 and BookTok is furious

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Book Store(l) Woman wearing headphones(c) Different people buying used books(r)

‘I am scared to open another book’: Reader issues warning to people who buy used books

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

Author says BookTok influencer scammed him out of $600

BookTok