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Kaiya Shunyata


Kaiya Shunyata is a Black Canadian freelance journalist and academic. Their work focuses on film, music and how queerness intersects with the two mediums. Their work has appeared on Gal-Dem, RogerEbert.com and Letterboxd and more.

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‘Are you a hommasexyuh?’: Itzpsyiconic is TikTok Live’s hilarious and bizarre rising star

'It’s as if my life has meaning when I watch her.'

On Sep 29, 2022 by Kaiya Shunyata

Internet Culture
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BookTok’s infatuation with ‘sad girl’ novels is as complex as the books themselves

Readers toe the line between commiserating with and romanticizing mental illness.

On Jul 6, 2022 by Kaiya Shunyata

Internet Culture