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Single on Valentine’s Day? Here’s Your Ultimate Breakup Playlist!

Single on Valentine’s Day? Here’s Your Ultimate Breakup Playlist!

If you are tired of scrolling through Instagram story after Instagram story of happy couples and pictures of candlelit dinners and roses…same. Valentine’s Day, the day celebrating couples and relationships, can just feel like another reason to rub it in your face that you’re single. And while you may be hate-scrolling through socials today, I […]

An Editor’s Review Of The Woman In Me by Britney Spears

An Editor’s Review Of The Woman In Me by Britney Spears

My childhood belongs to the Spears family. Jamie Lynn starred in one of my favorite shows, Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, as the title character, while Britney was the soundtrack of my adolescence. Growing up, I’d sing “Toxic” at the top of my lungs. And the Circus and Blackout albums endlessly circulated through my iPod Nano. Britney’s […]

It’s Time To BeReal - How We Live Our Best Lives Through Manufactured Authenticity

It’s Time To BeReal - How We Live Our Best Lives Through Manufactured Authenticity

Instagram is dead. Your posts aren’t getting likes, barely any views of that story you posted about your back-to-the-real-world blowout vacation. And quite frankly…it’s all TikTok reels appearing on the actual app. There’s no original, novelty experience provided solely by Instagram. Instagram was for idealized versions of your life. The best snapshot at a concert […]

Instagram Trusts My Gut More Than I Do

Instagram Trusts My Gut More Than I Do

POV: Scrolling through Instagram, maybe stalking your ex’s sister’s boyfriend’s cousin’s new baby, and you happen to get served an ad for your dream dress. But not just any dream dress… your dream dress. As in the dream dress you conjured when you were 17 years old and never found – even down to the […]

This Instagram Account Will Help You Stay Sane Under Late Capitalism

This Instagram Account Will Help You Stay Sane Under Late Capitalism

“I THRIVE AT THE OFFICE.” “THIS WEEKEND WILL BE LEGENDARY.” “I AM SANE.” These are just a few of the quotes you’ll find on the Instagram account @afffirmations, a motivational page that promises something called “Global Self Hypnosis.” Scroll through afffirmations’ posts and you’ll find blurry, heavily edited, technicolor images emblazoned with enthusiastic quotes like […]

Anti-Trafficking Internet Rules Are Killing Good Sex Ed

Anti-Trafficking Internet Rules Are Killing Good Sex Ed

Most people have a cringe-worthy memory from health class. Whether it was watching a 60-year-old woman unroll a condom onto a phallic object or being the one kid who asked the “inappropriate” question the teacher was too uncomfortable to answer, sixth grade Sex Ed is a subject many want to avoid revisiting. Despite all the […]