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charlotte-colombo

Charlotte Colombo


Charlotte is a chronically online culture journalist with bylines in outlets like Insider, Rolling Stone, Dazed, VICE, and The Independent.

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  • A man wearing a mask and carrying a flag.

    How fears of the ‘antifa apocalypse’ set the stage for QAnon

    Tech

  • Dancing baby with "The Lost History of the Internet" caption

    The many lives of the Dancing Baby, cyberspace’s first cringe meme

    Internet Culture

  • Headphones with DHARMA initiative logo on side perched on condenser microphone stand with caption "The LOST History of the Internet"

    The enduring footprint of one of TV’s first big companion podcasts

    Internet Culture

Hooters employee greenscreen TikTok over Hooters interior caption "I don't know what it is pregnant women are just so sexy to me -1/10 not the worst but certainly not comfortable" (l) Hooters employee greenscreen TikTok over hooters restaurant caption "Rating things people at hooters have said to me pregnant!" (c) Hooters employee greenscreen TikTok over Hooters interior caption "There's that girl that ate too many cheeseburgers! Hahaha -2/10 im vegetarian" (r)

‘I couldn’t imagine being pregnant working there’: A pregnant Hooters girl shares some of the comments she’s gotten from customers

'All the creepy men.'

On May 20, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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Woman holding hand up caption "I meet a "pro-black" white guy..." (l) woman making sour face hand up caption "I meet his cats cat emoji*" (c) Woman cringing looking away hand up caption "The cats are names George Floyd cat emoji* & KKK cat emoji*" (r)

‘What would possess him to do that?’: Woman says date’s cats are named KKK and George Floyd

"We all know what happened in 'Get Out' and I was scared it was gonna happen to me."

On May 17, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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Bobbi Brown holding globs of foundation in both hands (l) Bobbi Brown hands together caption "SO I ALWAYS LOVE LEARNING NEW MAKEUP TECHNIQUES" (c) Bobbi Brown hand on face applying foundation caption "HMM..DIDN'T REALLY WORK laughing emoji*" (r)

‘I would quite literally never show my face again’: Bobbi Brown mocks beauty influencer in viral TikTok

'Not you shading her.'

On May 17, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

Internet Culture
Woman moving hands spiritually (l) woman closed eyes hands moving spiritually caption "Parasite Removal 93.9hz 7.83hz Here is another parasite killing frequency "93.9hz plus 7.83hz" (c) woman posing hands spiritually (r)

‘Medical intuitives’ on Tiktok are claiming that ‘healing frequencies’ can cure people from parasites

TikTok hashtags related to 'medical intuitives' have nearly 250 million views.

On May 13, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

Internet Culture IRL
Snapchat logo and Snap Star

Black creators say Snapchat unfairly revoked their verification status after promising to support them

'I don’t think it’s a coincidence that only the Black creators from my roster had their Snap Stars taken away.'

On May 13, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

Internet Culture
woman sitting outside pub with pigeon on her lap caption "So I'm at the pub with my friends and this pigeon decides to sit in my lap" (l) woman holding pigeon caption "Some students came up to us and said he had walked into another pub up the road and was acting disoriented, people were throwing him around so they brought him down the road but then he wandered into the pub we were in." (c) woman with pigeon on shoulder walking caption "I knew I couldn't leave him so I brought him home" (r)

‘This is the start of a Disney movie’: TikToker raises pigeon as pet after finding it ‘disoriented’ at a pub

'He'd wandered into the pub and people were kicking him.'

On May 10, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

IRL
Woman speaking books behind her caption "I don't know what younger woman needs to hear this but DON'T send noodz!" (l) woman speaking books behind her caption "He threatened to leak noodz if I sent 10 years ago if I don't send him a current nood" (c) woman speaking books behind her caption "I screenshot the message of his eggplant emoji pic with the current date that I had sent to his fiancé and sent it to him. Then he blocked me (r)

‘I chose violence’: Woman says man tried to sextort her after she sent him nudes 12 years ago

'Little did he know...'

On May 6, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

IRL
dashcam footage cop car to right driving very close to car caption "Cop almost hits me, and then accuses me of not stopping." (l) dashcam footage cop car stopped with door opening cop is exiting vehicle caption "Cop almost hits me, and then accuses me of not stopping." (r)

‘Not him speeding off when you say you have it on camera’: Driver says police officer almost hit their car—then accused them of not stopping

'He lied and justified his actions instead of taking accountability.'

On May 5, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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damaged car (l) person holding smartphone next to car (r)

‘And she just parked right next to you’: TikToker says an older woman hit her car, parked—and then went into the mall

'Clearly she's done this before.'

On May 4, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

IRL
stressed young woman (l) photos of when woman was a teenager (m) (r)

‘I was gone for 2 years’: Woman recounts harrowing experience in the ‘troubled teen’ industry

'None of my friends knew where I was.'

On May 3, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

IRL
Woman and man downstairs caption "when I confronted my Karen neighbor for overhearing homophobic slurs" (l) Woman about to strike the cameraman caption "When I confronted my Karen neighbor for overhearing homophobic slurs" (c) police outside of window caption "When I confronted my Karen neighbor for overhearing homophobic slurs (r)

‘And there goes her career’: A man allegedly confronted his Karen neighbor after hearing homophobic slurs. She then appears to attack him on camera

'I will literally never understand how people are so homophobic that they are willing to ruin their life over it.'

On May 1, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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woman unloading trunk on security camera footage throwing stuff on ground caption "Look how she violated me" (l) Uber logo on white background (r)

‘You definitely took longer than two minutes’: Man says Uber driver dumped his stuff out of her car for taking too long inside

'They are not your private driver. Why are you taking so long with your shit in their car?'

On Apr 29, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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Woman pointing to man in doorway man is outside holding things

‘Never OK to weaponize a kid like that’: Resurfaced Facebook video of husband caught cheating with wife’s best friend sparks debate

'Busted.'

On Apr 26, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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House and yard caption "7 MONTHS AGO" (l) Man pressure washing house (r)

‘Karma will get him’: Pressure washer tries to confront ‘deadbeat’ customer who allegedly didn’t pay—he moved

'Not only did he shit me out of payment, but I helped him sell his house.'

On Apr 23, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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Woman speaking pointing to the right (l) hotel door open with key in handle (r)

‘ALWAYS LATCH YOUR DOOR’: Hotel guest says man tried to break into her room

'Traumatized, but we got free parking!'

On Apr 22, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

IRL

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