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‘I Just Kind of Want To Separate Our Relationship From My Content’: LGBTQ+ Creators Discuss How They Maintain Privacy Online
The VidCon panel featured 4 creators who opened up about balancing their digital and IRL lives.
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VidCon: YouTuber Jarvis Johnson Discusses Taking Risks, Mentoring Creators, and Figuring It Out
‘I haven’t tested the boundaries of where my audience will go with me.’
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‘It’s a Personal Choice for Me To Not Want To Explain or Not Want To Educate’: LGBTQ+ Creators on Interactions With Fans and More
5 creators discuss why representation matters.
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VidCon: TikTok ‘Hot Gurlz’ Discuss Dating Red Flags and What Fans Get Wrong About Them
One of the last panels of the second day at VidCon was a hidden gem that not enough people stuck around for. Drew Afualo, Sarah Schauer, and Chrissy Chlapecka sat on the “Hot Gurlz Only” panel and spoke about what it’s like to be a “Hot Girl” on the internet. The conversation was moderated by Michaela Okland—the host of She Rates Dogs.…
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VidCon: Creators Share the Impact of Online Harassment and Their Advice for Growing Past It
In a panel discussion moderated by EJ Dickson, senior writer at Rolling Stone (and former writer and editor at the Daily Dot), creators tackled the topic of online harassment, boundaries on social media, and criticism vs. cyberbullying. The panel, which featured content creator, actress, and model Monroe Capri; YouTuber and content creator Kat Blaque; and licensed psychologist and TikToker Dr. J,…
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‘She Understood the Assignment’: Imani Barbarin Talks Lizzo’s Lyric Change and Advocating for Disability Rights
‘I want people to understand what ableism is.’
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VidCon: From Vine to YouTube to TikTok, Sarah Schauer Discusses How She Grew a Loyal Audience
‘I was like, holy crap, this is now my job.’
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VidCon: Black Influencers Speak on the Pressures of Creating While Black
‘As a Black content creator, I feel like people don’t look at us and see our worth immediately.’