How we date and who we date will never not be a hot topic on social media. Oversharing our dating lives is the foundation of the internet, but it’s also the source of some of the worst takes you’ll ever hear. Because the internet is cyclical, certain ideas and expectations about sex and dating get…
If you have opened TikTok or Instagram lately, you have probably been informed that something — anything — is “kinda chic.” Repeating outfits is kinda chic. So are taking a coffee walk at work, letting people be wrong about you, being a beginner at something, and making all your major decisions in the bath. The…
Since Hayden Panettiere’s death at 36 on Aug. 16, fans have been revisiting the actress’s life in public — from her childhood roles and Heroes fame to her candid discussions of addiction, motherhood, and postpartum depression. SEE ALSO: Tributes flow online for ‘incredible light’ Hayden Panettiere One allegation from the final months of her life…
If your For You page has recently started whispering about a creek, don’t worry: You have not accidentally wandered onto FishingTok. “Quiet on the creek” is the latest TikTok catchphrase to escape the app. People are whispering it, dancing to it, and dropping it into comment sections whenever someone reveals a little too much information.…
Nobody online wants to be polyester right now. That is not a compliment. According to the Gen-Z lexicon, something “polyester” is a way of saying it feels cheap, mass-produced, low-effort, or inauthentic. It might look polished at first glance, but underneath the sheen, something about it feels artificial. A generic influencer brand can be polyester.…
True-crime fandom no longer wants to watch from the sidelines; it increasingly wants in on the case. Consider the recent lineup: TikTok helped pull the Menendez brothers back into the national conversation decades after their convictions. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial became daily social media programming. Luigi Mangione developed an intense internet fandom…
On Aug. 4, a Nike customization trailer pulled up outside Gamma Phi Beta at the University of Alabama. Inside were sneakers, fleeces, and other gear that members could personalize with sorority details. Outside, three videographers waited to capture the results. The event brought 150 women through the trailer, according to Campus Launch, the sorority-marketing agency…
Instagram has a new logo. Well, sort of. The familiar gradient camera icon on your phone isn’t going anywhere. Instead, Instagram has redesigned the handwritten wordmark that appears at the top of the app, giving it its first update in a decade. View this post on Instagram “The wordmark at the top of the app…
Instagram has a new logo. Well, sort of. The familiar gradient camera icon on your phone isn’t going anywhere. Instead, Instagram has redesigned the handwritten wordmark that appears at the top of the app, giving it its first update in a decade. View this post on Instagram “The wordmark at the top of the app…
For the first time in 27 years, the people of mainland Europe were able to watch the moon pass perfectly in front of the sun and blot out its earthbound rays. That means members of Gen Alpha, and many young Gen Z space enthusiasts, just experienced their very first total solar eclipse. SEE ALSO: Made…