Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were four typical college students. They were involved in academics, student organizations, part-time jobs, and their social lives. However, on November 13, 2022, their lives were tragically ended. News quickly spread from the local community to the entire country that four
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The advent of Tik Tok has led to various new developments spanning from whipped coffee to Tik Tok dances, and what now appears to be the latest, “Tik Tok witnesses.” The recent Massachusetts trial of Lindsey Clancy caught great social media attention as individuals took to Tik Tok for activism.
On October 19, 2024, a woman identified as Jane Doe was drugged and gang-raped for seven hours in a fraternity at Cornell University. Rather than someone stopping the horrific act, a text was sent in a Snapchat group chat with over 50 men stating “free pussy” and “is the shop
The makeup is gone. The colorful background is gone. The once-bold style has now switched to comfy sweatshirts and sweatpants. The eyes appear full of sorrow. No music, editing, or elaborate introduction. Instead, an influencer sits alone and looks directly into the camera as they say, “I owe you guys
Hulu’s Love Story has introduced an entirely new generation to the glamour of the Kennedy family, this time with a particular focus on Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her relationship with JFK Jr. Since the release of the show, social media has been inundated with images of the couple: grainy paparazzi
In July of 2025, Mattel announced a brand new Barbie doll, only this one was special. This Barbie was Mattel’s first doll to have Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and she sports a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), an insulin pump, and color theming to match global diabetes awareness symbols. On the
On one of her consistent segments on The Montel Williams Show, self-proclaimed medium and psychic, Sylvia Browne, is asked to communicate with a woman’s husband who she lost tragically a few years prior, with his body never being found. Before the woman can finish, Browne interjects with a “psychic message”,
In the influencer era, private life has become a form of public labor. Mothers film their morning routines, children grow up before millions of strangers, and audiences come to believe that closeness is the same as connection. Nowhere has this tension between intimacy and exposure become more painfully clear than
In an age where we can connect with anyone, anywhere, at any time, you would think loneliness would be rare. Yet studies are showing the opposite, our generation is reporting higher rates of loneliness than ever before. With group chats, social media, and FaceTime at our fingertips, it’s worth asking:
In the digital age, the family home has become a stage. Parents film their children in the name of authenticity, and audiences reward them for it. Few embodied that shift more completely than Ruby Franke, the creator of the YouTube channel 8 Passengers. Her polished image as a moral, disciplined