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Impossible Expectations: Black Influencers and the Limitations of Relatability
The career climb means encountering obstacles that their white counterparts don’t face.
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Content Creators Raise $165K for Suicide Prevention Among LGBTQ+ Youth via Online Event
Organizer Zo Asmail gives his advice to creators looking to raise money for their favorite causes.
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‘We Are All Commiserating Over Dating Experiences’: Welcome to DatingTok, Where There Is Community in the Chaos
Dating TikTok sits in a corner of the internet where we’re not being told to buy something, and it’s not designed to make us jealous.
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‘The Company Did So Little To Protect Her’: She Was a Fictional Teen TikTok Star. Then She Got Found Out
Nancy Kimball received backlash for playing the teen daughter of a murderer.
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‘No. 1: Know When To Say No’: Marketing Execs Share Their Advice for Content Creators
‘Find the right opportunities; don’t just take the brand for the money.’
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The Joy—and Horror—of CleanTok
Many creators in the cleaning corner of TikTok are making videos for ASMR purposes.
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FictionalTok Is a Perplexing, Ethical Enigma
When isolated, the narratives on FictionalTok fall apart and veer uncanny.
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ASMR Playroom Is Bringing ‘Joy to Your Inner Child’
‘It brings you back to that quiet place—childhood.’
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Mini Brands Are a Major TikTok Sensation
TikTok is perhaps one of the only places you will hear someone enthusiastically say, “Ooh, some Axe deodorant!” in the year of our Lord 2021. It’s not what you’d think, however, since it’s not really Axe deodorant. It’s a shrunken-down version, packaged in a tiny capsule ball—a Mini Brand. And a hard-to-find one at that,…
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‘Love Island’ and the Future of the Reality TV-to-Influencer Pipeline
‘Fame and money don’t last forever.’
