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Clara Wang


Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, BuzzFeed, the Daily Dot, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat's lawyers.

A dark area with cobwebs.

‘There’s a room under our room’: TikToker finds apparent secret tunnel under one-story hotel in viral video

'I was on my hotel bed and I noticed a cut-out on the floor.'

On Oct 14, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture
A McDonald's cup with lid.

‘Jesus saw what you did!’: Bystander confronts McDonald’s manager for allegedly throwing drink at unhoused man in viral TikTok

'You're going to do this to a Black man because he doesn't have money for food?'

On Oct 14, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL
Three coffee drinks.

Former Starbucks worker says customer threw a Frappuccino at her in drive-thru because there wasn’t a cherry on top

'People don't realize how many customers try throwing their drinks through the window.'

On Oct 14, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL
police surrounding tiktokers car

‘What the f*ck did I do?’: TikToker and boyfriend surrounded by 8 cop cars, helicopter after police mistook their GoPro for gun

'This is my first time getting pulled over.'

On Oct 13, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL
protests at the university of delaware

Viral TikTok shows college students protesting violence against women after female student beaten by male peer

'His friends sat by laughing as we protested.'

On Oct 13, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL
dog mom discourse

‘I admire real moms’: Hinge date goes off on woman for calling herself ‘dog mom’ in viral TikTok

'Did you say you met him on Hinge or Un-hinged?'

On Oct 13, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture IRL
two women yelling at one another at baggage claim with caption "I have been back in NYC for literally 8 minutes"

‘Karen standoff’: Women accuse each other of being racist at baggage claim in viral TikTok

'Nobody wants to hear this.'

On Oct 12, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture IRL
banana nut cake bread (l) store floor with caption "Starbucks dupe you have to try to save money" (c) hand holding $1 tag near Iced Lemon cake (r)

‘This is the same bread sold at Starbucks’: Former Starbucks worker shares $1 ‘dupe’ from Walmart in viral TikTok

"If you don't like it that's okay! You can go to Starbucks and get the $4 deal.

On Oct 12, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture
baptist church member dresses up as muslim stereotype

Viral TikTok shows white Baptist church member dressing up as ‘Muslim’ for Halloween festival

'My culture, race, ethnicity, and religion is not a Halloween costume'

On Oct 11, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture IRL
karen in vietnamese restaurant

‘Get your employees to speak enough English’: Karen belittles employees at Vietnamese restaurant in viral TikTok

'The waiter asked her to repeat and she WENT OFF'

On Oct 11, 2021 by Clara Wang

Internet Culture IRL
two women in a store

‘You heard what I called you’: Karen refers to Puerto Rican woman as a ‘Damn Mexican’ at grocery store

She clarified why in follow-up clips.

On Oct 7, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL
Woman at Walmart talking to manager

‘This is the last time I’ll ever shop at this store again’: Walmart Karen shouts at manager over checkout issue

The manager tried to help—but the woman kept yelling.

On Oct 7, 2021 by Clara Wang

IRL