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Maria Poggi


Maria Santa Poggi is an incoming MFA candidate at Sarah Lawrence College for poetry. She is a freelance writer, and her work has appeared in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Paper, and i-d, amongst other publications.

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‘They’re using a carrier pigeon’: Creator’s video slamming Microsoft’s Outlook sparks email debate

'Outlook was created by a person who was never once in their entire life needed to email a single person.'

On Sep 4, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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man standing in room holding broom (l) man speaking in room (c) man sweeping with broom in room (r)

‘Having a job made me realize that people don’t clean their house’: Panera employee calls out co-workers who don’t know how to sweep

'They're like, what do I do with the dirt afterwards?'

On Sep 4, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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woman in car singing making heart with hands caption 'when ur floridian college decides to not take you anymore bc ur gay' (l) woman in car singing making heart with hands caption 'when ur floridian college decides to not take you anymore bc ur gay' (c) woman in car singing breaking heart with hands caption 'when ur floridian college decides to not take you anymore bc ur gay' (r)

‘Is this even legal?’: TikToker claims she had her college acceptance rescinded due to her sexuality

'You will be so much happier elsewhere!'

On Jul 8, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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Zoe 101 scene on tv young actor pointing to chocolate cake (l) woman mouth covered caption 'Realizing the reason I grew up having such a bad relationship with food' (c) Zoe 101 scene on tv young actor waving hands no at chocolate cake (r)

‘This made me feel like restriction was something girls and women were supposed to do’: TikToker calls out Zoey 101 for pushing diet culture on children

'Are the writers ok???'

On Jul 8, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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man in dress shirt and tie speaking caption 'It's just a job interview at Subway, they surely know that the only reason I applied is so I can pay my bills and not die of hunger' (l) Subway Sandwich Artist at counter making sandwich (c) man at table hand on head glass in other hand caption 'So... what's your motivation to become a Sandwich Artist?' (r)

‘So what’s your motivation to become a sandwich artist?’: TikToker calls out job interviewers in viral video, sparking debate

'They were not paying enough for to justify asking that.'

On Jun 16, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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Cat laying on bed (l) House porch with 'Just Married' sign hung on railing caption 'The night we got home from our wedding was supposed to be magical. But it quickly turned into our worst nightmare' (c) Woman cuddling cat on bed (r)

‘As a non cat owner, I would never know’: Friends surprised newlyweds with flowers at their home, accidentally poisoning their cat

'Lilies sold anywhere should come with a warning on them.'

On Jun 10, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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woman dancing at baseball game

‘The lady is pretty so Karens start complaining’: Woman allegedly gets escorted out of baseball game after dancing in front of crowd, having accidental nip slip

'It's a baseball game not a funeral.'

On Jun 8, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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man waving with caption 'currently sitting in Six Flags jail, because a rides ADA entrance was not accessible, so they made my boyfriend walk across the track with my walker' (l) Power Maxx rollercoaster (c) woman with glasses

‘Lawyer up! Absolutely enormous money to be made!’: Woman with walker says she was put in Six Flags jail

She says the company offered her an ice cream cone after the incident.

On Jun 6, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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‘I’m not going to fight you over taxes’: Convenience store worker says a customer harassed her over cost of sales tax

'Have they just not bought anything in their entire life?'

On Jun 5, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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woman greenscreen tiktok pointing over notes of phrases companies use caption'- Tested by an 'FDA Approved Laboratory' -'Third... without identifying' (l) Woman hand on chin speaking caption 'Name one thing in your industry that the general public would be shocked to know' (C) Woman greenscreen tiktok pointing over notes on company phrases caption '-Tested by an 'DFA Approved Laboratory' -'Third Party Tested' without identifying the third party -'Contains clinically tested ingredients' ...Grade'' (r)

‘Be careful of these red flags’: Supplement industry worker shares misleading phrases companies use to sell products

'Just because an ingredient was tested, does not mean it's proven to work.'

On Jun 5, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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pride collection from California with rainbow turkey on hand towel caption 'versus what they have in California' 'ca;ifornia target pride' (l) Target logo on grey background (c) Target pride section in Pennsylvania in black and white caption 'pennsylvania target pride' (r)

‘Texas had virtually nothing’: TikToker compares Target’s Pride collections in different states

'Literally couldn't find the Pride section in my Target—I live in Florida.'

On Jun 4, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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UPS driver delivering package waking on yard caption 'When supervisors supervise' (l) Hand grabbing UPS package from front porch (c) UPS driver delivering package walking on yard caption 'When supervisors supervise' (r)

‘This is our management team… at its finest’: UPS driver runs into another driver delivering a package to the same address, sparking debate

'This is typical.'

On Jun 4, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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woman greenscreen tiktok pointing over review 4 stars caption 'Got tipsy on French Onion soup! Felt like I had 2 glasses of wine. Good thing I didn't drive!!!' (l) french onion soup on table (c) Woman greenscreen tiktok pointing finger at screen 4 star review above caption 'Got tipsy on French Onion soup! Felt like I had 2 glasses of wine. Good thing I didn't drive!!!' (r)

‘Driving under soup’: A server shows off a review where someone claims they got tipsy off French onion soup

'I'm sorry what lol.'

On Jun 3, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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Woman at beach talking (l) woman at beach speaking pointing to caption 'WHY DO RICH PPL MOVE TO PUERTO RICO?!' (c) woman at beach speaking pointing finger up (r)

‘Colonizer!’: TikToker under fire for promoting moving to Puerto Rico—for lower taxes

'This feels problematic.'

On Jun 3, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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woman hand out towards man outside caption 'This man is a creep!! The camera is there for safety! These apartments don't have camera's in the hallways which is a complete safety problem!!' (l) Doorbell Camera on grey background (c) Man standing outside in parking lot caption 'This man is a creep!! The camera is there for safety! These apartments don't have camera's in the hallways which is a complete safety problem!!' (r)

‘What the hell is he up to’: Woman confronts neighbor who has allegedly been ‘harassing’ her over her doorbell camera

'Anybody that has a problem with a camera has something to hide.'

On Jun 3, 2022 by Maria Poggi

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