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Is “Soaking” a Real Mormon Sex Thing?

28 mins; September 29, 2021

Who’s the Little Lad Who Loves Berries and Cream?

25 mins; September 25, 2021

Who’s the Little Lad Who Loves Berries and Cream?

27 mins; September 25, 2021

Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or Exploit Her?

33 mins; September 22, 2021

Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or Exploit Her?

34 mins; September 22, 2021

The Dark Subreddit of Men’s Rights Asians

26 mins; September 18, 2021

The Dark Subreddit of Men’s Rights Asians

28 mins; September 18, 2021

Who’s Left Out of Amazon’s LulaRoe Doc?

27 mins; September 15, 2021

Who’s Left Out of Amazon’s LulaRoe Doc?

29 mins; September 15, 2021

Who Is Egging Chicago? A Hard-Boiled Detective Story

24 mins; September 11, 2021

Who Is Egging Chicago? A Hard-Boiled Detective Story

27 mins; September 11, 2021

We’ve Got Mail: Emoji Hearts, #YoungerSelf, and Chernobyl

28 mins; September 08, 2021

We’ve Got Mail: Emoji Hearts, #YoungerSelf, and Chernobyl

31 mins; September 08, 2021

Psst! We’ve Got a Secret

29 mins; September 04, 2021

Psst! We’ve Got a Secret

31 mins; September 04, 2021

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Crates

26 mins; September 01, 2021

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Crates

28 mins; September 01, 2021

OnlyFans Is Only For Now

32 mins; August 28, 2021

OnlyFans Is Only For Now

34 mins; August 28, 2021

What Kony 2012 Really Taught Us

29 mins; August 25, 2021

What Kony 2012 Really Taught Us

32 mins; August 25, 2021

Some Celebrities Are Too Rich to Cancel

28 mins; August 21, 2021

Some Celebrities Are Too Rich to Cancel

30 mins; August 21, 2021

Someone’s Selling Human Bones on TikTok?

29 mins; August 18, 2021

Someone’s Selling Human Bones on TikTok?

31 mins; August 18, 2021

How #BamaRush Took Over TikTok

29 mins; August 14, 2021

How #BamaRush Took Over TikTok

31 mins; August 14, 2021

Inside Tumblr’s Latest Meltdown

30 mins; August 11, 2021

Inside Tumblr’s Latest Meltdown

32 mins; August 11, 2021

TikTok Is Making People … Read … Books?

28 mins; August 07, 2021

TikTok Is Making People … Read … Books?

30 mins; August 07, 2021

Inside the Reaction Video Economy

24 mins; August 04, 2021

Inside the Reaction Video Economy

27 mins; August 04, 2021

Da F–k Is Up With DaBaby?

21 mins; July 31, 2021

Da F–k Is Up With DaBaby?

23 mins; July 31, 2021

The Latest Fad Diet Is Coming for Your Feeds

25 mins; July 28, 2021

The Latest Fad Diet Is Coming for Your Feeds

27 mins; July 28, 2021

In the Heights Sparks Gender Euphoria on TikTok

25 mins; July 24, 2021

In the Heights Sparks Gender Euphoria on TikTok

27 mins; July 24, 2021

Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An ICYMI Investigation.

33 mins; July 21, 2021

Is BYU Virginity Club Real? An ICYMI Investigation.

35 mins; July 21, 2021

The NCAA Influencers Are Coming

27 mins; July 17, 2021

The NCAA Influencers Are Coming

29 mins; July 17, 2021

Wendy Williams Said What Now?

23 mins; July 14, 2021

Wendy Williams Said What Now?

25 mins; July 14, 2021

The Pro-Trump Social Network Has an Anime Porn Problem

24 mins; July 10, 2021

The Pro-Trump Social Network Has an Anime Porn Problem

26 mins; July 10, 2021

How Zola Went From Twitter Thread to Major Movie

28 mins; July 07, 2021

How Zola Went From Twitter Thread to Major Movie

30 mins; July 07, 2021

Dance Challenge TikTok Is on Strike

27 mins; July 03, 2021

Dance Challenge TikTok Is on Strike

29 mins; July 03, 2021

There’s No Easy Way to Log Off

27 mins; June 30, 2021

There’s No Easy Way to Log Off

29 mins; June 30, 2021

Was #FreeBritney Right All Along?

28 mins; June 26, 2021

Was #FreeBritney Right All Along?

30 mins; June 26, 2021

The Saga of Nina Simone’s Twitter Account (ft. Kamala Harris)

29 mins; June 23, 2021

The Saga of Nina Simone’s Twitter Account (ft. Kamala Harris)

31 mins; June 23, 2021

You’re Using “Woke” Wrong

27 mins; June 19, 2021

You’re Using “Woke” Wrong

29 mins; June 19, 2021

Are Those TikTok “Missed Connections” Real?

25 mins; June 16, 2021

Are Those TikTok “Missed Connections” Real?

27 mins; June 16, 2021

Trisha Paytas Wants to Be Frenemies

26 mins; June 12, 2021

Trisha Paytas Wants to Be Frenemies

28 mins; June 12, 2021

Raging Bulls––t: Paul vs. Mayweather

26 mins; June 09, 2021

Raging Bulls––t: Paul vs. Mayweather

28 mins; June 09, 2021

Who Weekly? Explains Bennifer 3.0

25 mins; June 05, 2021

Who Weekly? Explains Bennifer 3.0

27 mins; June 05, 2021

Why Does TikTok Think I’m an Ex-Mormon?

24 mins; June 02, 2021

Why Does TikTok Think I’m an Ex-Mormon?

26 mins; June 02, 2021

How the Kardashians Broke the Internet

24 mins; May 29, 2021

How the Kardashians Broke the Internet

26 mins; May 29, 2021

The Backyardigans Have the Hottest Song on TikTok

24 mins; May 26, 2021

The Backyardigans Have the Hottest Song on TikTok

26 mins; May 26, 2021

How the Internet Became Shrek’s Swamp

25 mins; May 22, 2021

How the Internet Became Shrek’s Swamp

27 mins; May 22, 2021

Should You Post That Israel-Palestine Meme?

26 mins; May 19, 2021

Should You Post That Israel-Palestine Meme?

28 mins; May 19, 2021

Chrissy Teigen Was Never the Good Guy

25 mins; May 15, 2021

Chrissy Teigen Was Never the Good Guy

27 mins; May 15, 2021

Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didn’t Invent That Slang

25 mins; May 12, 2021

Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didn’t Invent That Slang

27 mins; May 12, 2021

So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter

26 mins; May 08, 2021

So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter

28 mins; May 08, 2021

The Price of Fan Fiction

27 mins; May 05, 2021

The Price of Fan Fiction

29 mins; May 05, 2021

There’s a Chadwick Boseman NFT?

22 mins; May 01, 2021

There’s a Chadwick Boseman NFT?

24 mins; May 01, 2021

How Babby Is Formed

28 mins; April 28, 2021

How Babby Is Formed

30 mins; April 28, 2021

“Body Positivity” Is Meaningless

26 mins; April 24, 2021

“Body Positivity” Is Meaningless

28 mins; April 24, 2021

What We Tok About When We Tok About Piss

24 mins; April 21, 2021

What We Tok About When We Tok About Piss

26 mins; April 21, 2021

Will You Accept This SponCon?

26 mins; April 17, 2021

Will You Accept This SponCon?

28 mins; April 17, 2021

A Vaccine Is Not a Personality

26 mins; April 14, 2021

A Vaccine Is Not a Personality

28 mins; April 14, 2021

Everything Is Tumblr Now

25 mins; April 10, 2021

Everything Is Tumblr Now

27 mins; April 10, 2021

Every Generation Has Its Cringe

24 mins; April 07, 2021

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