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‘Reality shifting’ TikTok puts a new spin on meditation
Many of us would like to be in a different reality right now, but TikTok is taking matters into its own hands. “Shifting” or “reality shifting” has become a popular trend on TikTok. The reality...
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Viral skateboarding TikToker raps N-word in surfaced video, sparking debate...
After blessing the internet with one of the year's "best vibes" in the form of a TikTok skateboarding down a highway and drinking Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice as Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" played in...
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Claudia Conway says it ‘hurts to breathe,’ mom Kellyanne refuses to take her...
After becoming an unexpected whistleblower via TikTok when her mother tested positive for COVID-19 and infected the entire family, the daughter of ex-White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway, Claudia...
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TikTok nurse cries over Trump’s remarks, says she’s seen ‘hundreds’ suffocate...
A now-viral TikTok video shows a nurse crying and expressing her anger about President Donald Trump remarks downplaying the coronavirus. User @foleyfriends, whose name on her bio is Cristina, posted...
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Woman didn’t know her TikTok was included in ‘The Social Dilemma’
Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma attempts to untangle the web of misinformation and manipulation on social media. However, a woman featured in the film as an example of COVID-19 misinformation...
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Why is ‘The Crucible’ so popular on TikTok?
The Crucible, Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, is seeing yet another adaptation on TikTok. As the A.V. Club details, The Crucible, which was also made into a 1996 movie starring...
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Kylie Jenner’s ‘I’m gonna get wasted’ clip stumbles onto TikTok
Almost exactly one year ago, Kylie Jenner made "rise and shine" a (trademarked) meme. Can she do the same with "I'm gonna get wasted"? Jenner's latest "song" comes from a clip E! shared on TikTok of a...
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‘Harry Potter’ fans on TikTok are satirizing J.K. Rowling’s one-dimensional...
J.K. Rowling's transphobic comments apparently haven't led to her cancellation, but they have vexed the Harry Potter fandom, which has had to find ways to continue enjoying characters they love while...
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Viral TikTok shows Darth Vader and Stormtroopers scouring Whole Foods produce...
Although the glut of anti-mask Karen meltdowns on your feeds might suggest otherwise, some people do still take public mask mandates seriously. Some might even take it too far—like the Whole Foods...
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Stevie Nicks joins TikTok to sing ‘Dreams’
A week after Mick Fleetwood joined TikTok, Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks has followed suit. Nicks likely joined because of the massive (and continuing) virality of Nathan Apodaca's "Dreams" TikTok...
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Parents say they wish they had had abortions in TikTok meme
A meme circulating on TikTok this week shows parents roasting their children—and regretting not having abortions. Despite the dark humor, viewers are eating it up. Justin Lee, aka @juiceboxtincan on...
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Woman says she receiving death threats over Trump COVID-19 video
The Democratic candidate for North Carolina agriculture commissioner said that she, along with her family and staff, is receiving death threats over an apparent celebratory video she posted to TikTok...
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Watching ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ for the ‘plot’ becomes a TikTok meme
The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mike Flanagan's loose adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, has been one of Netflix's most popular titles since it debuted last week. It follows Dani (Victoria Pedretti) in...
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TikTok women are dramatically reading dudes’ cringeworthy Tinder bios
Following the trend of rating men's fish pictures on Tinder, women on TikTok are now similarly dragging guys for their poorly stated and downright cringeworthy bios on the popular dating app. A new...
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TikTok men say they prefer white women over Black women—and it blows up in...
In a recent opinion piece for the New York Times, Megan Thee Stallion said that despite the way many embraced messages about racial justice this year, Black women are still disrespected in many areas...
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Claudia Conway tells TikTok creeps to ‘stop sexualizing minors’
Friday in a now-private video post on TikTok, Claudia Conway made a statement letting her followers know that she's fed up with being sexualized on her account. The 15-year-old daughter of Kellyanne...
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TikTokers turned Trump’s Florida rally dance into a meme
Remember when President Donald Trump tried dancing to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” at last week’s Florida rally? You can’t unsee the president’s moves once they’ve burned themselves into your...
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TikTok turns The Caretaker’s 6-hour song into a ‘challenge’
A six-hour song from musician The Caretaker has become an unexpected "challenge" on TikTok. The track, "Everywhere At the End of Time," is something of an endurance test on TikTok—and a way to spook...
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TikToker wipes out during Fleetwood Mac ‘Dreams’ challenge
A TikToker just wanted to vibe—but wiped out instead. She was attempting a challenge inspired by the Fleetwood Mac song Dreams and popularized by TikTok user @doggface208, who posted a video of...
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TikTok uses Kanye West ‘Ghost Town’ outro to grapple with trauma
We found out what Kanye West thinks of TikTok this summer: He was "disturbed by a lot of the content." But young people are using one of his songs to confront some disturbing, traumatic things. West's...
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