Tanya Chen
YouTube's End-Of-Year Videos Are Historically Bad. This Year It Somehow Got Hilariously Worse.
This week's newsletter: YouTube somehow put out an even worse "Rewind" video than in years before, and a former wedding influencer shows us how to transition into a divorce influencer.
Tanya Chen
A Man Said An Influencer Accepted His Product Without Promoting It And It's Causing A Debate
Shavar Kelly and Paige Meade had no official contract. But as a small business owner, Kelly said he felt "taken advantage of."
Tanya Chen
The "Wonder Woman 1984" Trailer Shows Lassos, Lightning, And A Villainous Kristen Wiig đŸ’¥
"Wonder Woman swinging from one lightning to the other is PEAK EXCELLENCE."
Tanya Chen
Caroll Spinney, The "Sesame Street" Puppeteer Behind Big Bird And Oscar The Grouch, Has Died
Spinney was 85 years old.
Tanya Chen
Pensacola Naval Base Shooting: The FBI Is Investigating With "Presumption" Of Terrorism
Three people were killed and at least eight injured in Friday's attack.
Olivia Niland
A "Hero" Of The Pensacola Naval Shooting Died After Telling First Responders The Shooter's Location
Naval Air Station Pensacola's commanding officer said Joshua Watson, Mohammed Haitham, and Cameron Scott Walters ran toward gunfire and saved lives.
Amber Jamieson
How Fans Are Handling Their Favorite Influencer Going From Vegan To An All-Carnivore Diet
This week's newsletter: An OG lifestyle blogger is called out for a ridiculous and inauthentic #ad, and a former vegan announced her very dramatic dietary change.
Tanya Chen
Backlash To A Mom Influencer Only Grew After She Used K-Pop Star Goo Hara's Death To Defend Herself
The controversy started with a penis-shaped soap. [Deep breath] Here's how we got here.
Tanya Chen
A Teen Went Viral For Posting A TikTok Immediately After Getting Into A Scary Car Crash. She Said It Helped Her "Cope."
"It helped us get out of the real world for a second and helped us calm down."
Tanya Chen
I Spoke To The Instagrammer Who Went Viral For Promoting The Supposed Health Benefits Of #ButtholeSunning
This week's newsletter: A woman's real influence of the "perineum sunning" lifestyle, and the unstoppable power of SugarBearHair gummy vitamin spon. And lots of butt puns.
Tanya Chen
Influencers And Bloggers Are Being Offered Money To Post Sponcon In Support Of Cory Booker
A Democratic Super PAC confirmed that they were behind the social media campaign. The influencer marketing site told BuzzFeed News they've since removed the ad.
Tanya Chen
The Pete Buttigieg "High Hopes" Dance Has Become A Meme, Making It Fun But Not Any Less Dorky
I just tried it to a Travis Scott song. And it works!
Tanya Chen
A Mummy Blogger Had Admitted To Trashing Other Influencers On An Anonymous Snark Forum
In this week's newsletter: a British mummy blogger admits to anonymously trashing other influencers, and the stressful paradigm that's created when photoshopping advances...as our obsessions with spotting it also increases.
Tanya Chen
Fans Are Accusing A YouTuber Known For Sustainable Fashion Of "Selling Out" After She Accepted A Brand Deal With Amazon
"While I know that a girl’s gotta pay rent, this completely changes my perspective on her."
Tanya Chen
Influencers Say They’re Not Worried About Instagram Likes Being Hidden — In Fact, They Support It
Caroline Calloway, Elsie Larson, Emily Schuman, and more of the biggest influencers in the game weigh in on Instagram's big change.
Tanya Chen
A Woman's Boyfriend Bought Flowers For Her Friend Who Was Going Through A Hard Time. Then Twitter Ruined It.
"I thought it was a sweet gesture," said Abigail Gibson. The social, snarky internet thought otherwise.
Tanya Chen
Influencers Are Celebrating Christmas Way Too Early This Year
This week's newsletter: The ever-shortening time between Halloween and Christmas, and what I learned from having a front-row seat at a behind-the-scenes Instagram photo shoot.
Tanya Chen
A Popular Teen YouTuber Broke Down In Tears While Recording A Vlog About The Pressures Of Being Perfect
"The downside of all of this is the pressure: the pressure to not mess up or say anything that’s going to offend anyone."
Tanya Chen
Parents Were Attacked By Anti-Vaxxers For Posting Sponcon For Flu Shots
"There were comments talking about how we don't deserve children or that we might as well just kill our children," said one parent who was paid $200 to post the Instagram #ad.
Tanya Chen
A High School Teacher Filmed In Blackface On Halloween Has Been Placed On Administrative Leave
The school board has launched an investigation after a viral video showed a California teacher in a classroom wearing blackface in a Common costume.
Tanya Chen
