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Hip-Hop Could Get You In Trouble, Or Killed, Where This Guy's From
Hip-hop artists say Salvadoran cops assume they’re tied to MS-13 because of their clothes and tattoos.

In The ’70s, A Bunch Of White People Built A Town In India. Today, It’s A Kind Of Paradise.
While urban Indians like me run our own home into the ground, the 50% foreign community of Auroville has turned barren land into a lush forest. For more on this story, watch <i>Follow This</i> on Netflix.

This Scientist Used Live Viruses To Save A Woman's Life From A Superbug Infection
Once dismissed as fringe, phage therapy is gaining traction as a last resort when antibiotics fail. It's the subject of a new episode of the Netflix docuseries Follow This.

Are You Ready For Sex Robots? Too Bad, They’re Already Here.
With so much sex toy variety at women's fingertips, who really needs an artificial man? For more on this, watch BuzzFeed News' Follow This on Netflix.

Why The Modest Fashion Trend Isn’t Going Anywhere
What started out as a religious niche has matured into a $250 billion industry designed by and for women of faith who love fashion. For more on modest fashion, watch BuzzFeed News’ Follow This series on Netflix.

How Silicon Valley’s Scooter Craze Made Me Realize That I Don’t Know Anything
Are scooters a dangerous nuisance or an environmentally friendly form of transportation? Or both? Watch <i>Follow Thi</i>s on Netflix.

This Woman Is Locked In A Legal Battle For Frozen Embryos With Her Ex-Husband
Critics of a new Arizona law say it could set a dangerous legal precedent: defining embryos as “life” in order to chip away at abortion rights. That fight is the subject of a new episode of the BuzzFeed News series <i>Follow This</i> on Netflix.

Bollywood’s Beauty Standards Are The Ultimate Catch-22
I and countless other women in India — stars and civilians alike — balance the pressure to look flawless with the shame of admitting we aren’t already.

The US Is Sending Its Addiction Problem Over The Border
“They’re thinking they’ll get what they need over here,” said a doctor who’s treated Americans with drug addictions in Tijuana.

Inside The World Of Teenagers With Millions Of Followers
You can watch my journey into the world of teen fandom and social media influencers on BuzzFeed News’ Follow This series on Netflix.

Pickup Artists Are Still A Thing. And They Want You To Know They’ve Evolved.
In 2005, Neil Strauss’s The Game changed how we date. Now Mystery, the pickup artist featured in the book, is trying to disassociate from the toxic effects of the industry he helped launch. For more on the “manosphere,” watch the new BuzzFeed News series Follow This on Netflix.

I Tried To Keep Up With Black Survivalists Who Are Ready For Any Disaster
You can watch my journey into the world of black survivalists on BuzzFeed News' Follow This series on Netflix.

The Feds Say Safe Injection Sites Are Illegal. Here Are All The Places Considering Them Anyway.
The new Netflix docuseries <i>Follow This</i> focuses one episode on the controversial fight to open the first “safe injection site” in the US.

I Used AI To Clone My Voice And Trick My Mom Into Thinking It Was Me
You can watch our journey into the terrifying future of fake news on BuzzFeed News' Follow This series on Netflix.

I Love ASMR In Videos, But I Hated It In Real Life
I went to Whisperlodge, which is billed as IRL ASMR, and ended up immersed in a kind of intimacy I wasn’t ready for. For more on this story, watch the new BuzzFeed News series "Follow This" on Netflix.