Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Television, Flickr. The text-to-speech feature on TikTok has become such an integral feature on the app. I personally cannot think of a video on my feed that does not utilize this feature. Recently, Disney has released the option for users to have some popular […]
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The life-saving techniques social media can teach us
Photo Courtesy of Solen Feyissa, Unsplash Social media is an effective way to rapidly share useful information to a broad audience. From recipes to lifehacks, a wide variety of advice is spread online and applied in real life, every day. Recently, a teenage girl used a hand signal she learned […]
Teens’ TikTok tics are really unaddressed mental health issues surfacing
Photo courtesy of cottonbro, Pexels. TikTok usage exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The app was downloaded over 850 million times in 2020 and the active user base is anticipated to pass 1 billion members by 2022. This trend is no surprise. Isolation caused by the pandemic has inspired people to turn […]
Paris Hilton highlights barbaric practices in troubled teen industry
Photo courtesy of Sarah Winterman, Flickr. The troubled teen industry has come under fire for traumatizing young teenagers over the years. This extremely problematic industry has been defined by the National Youth Rights Association as “boot camps, behavior modification facilities, wilderness therapy, gay conversion… marketed to parents who feel […]
Greta Van Fleet: from underground darling to TikTok-fueled stars
Photo courtesy of Troy Larson, wiki. Over the summer, a clip from rock band Greta Van Fleet's performance on “Saturday Night Live'' in 2019 went viral on TikTok. The clip was of lead singer Josh Kiszka performing the song "You're the One.” The humor most people found in it was the […]
BookTok highlights indie authors and minority authors alike
Photo courtesy of Freddie Marriage, Unsplash. The app TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms around, and it’s a lot more complex than it may look on the surface. The platform has become known for being home to smaller communities with specific focuses. One of these communities is […]
TikTok slams new industry plant band TRAMP STAMPS
Photo courtesy of Robert Anasch, Unsplash The TRAMP STAMPS is an all-women pop-punk band based in Nashville. The three women who make up the band are singer Marisa Maino, guitarist Caroline Baker and drummer Paige Blue. On April 9, the trio posted a video of them lip-syncing their new […]
New BROCKHAMPTON album strays away from nostalgic roots
Photo courtesy of Danny Howe, Unsplash When the music industry is constantly evolving and testing its boundaries, many artists enjoy messing around with new sounds and collaborating with those that are the completly opposite styles. For Los Angeles-based boy band BROCKHAMPTON, they consistently create new music for their fans […]
#97percent trends on social media, especially TikTok
Photo courtesy of Monica Melton, Unsplash Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault “Not all men,” a saying that victims have been hearing for way too long. With the recent abduction and murder of Sarah Everard, the phrase has somewhat resurfaced. However, women are refocusing the message on how 97% of women […]
TikTok’s “Ratatouille” musical gains major recognition
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons We’ve all heard about it by this point, and you’re either stoked about it or have no idea what’s happening. Seemingly out of nowhere, TikTok became the incubator for the newest internet hit: “Ratatouille” the musical. Over the past week, Playbill, Pixar, Disney […]