Tricia Crimmins
Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.
‘Just straight-up shock’: State-mandated university bans on TikTok are fraying students’ connections to the world
‘Things are just going to continue to get worse.’
On May 12, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
TikTokers are using a ‘Family Guy’ audio to be transphobic
Many TikTokers have called out the use of the audio for its transphobia and general prejudice.
On Apr 5, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
EXCLUSIVE: ‘This is my story, not hers’: Teen says anti-trans article about their puberty blockers got facts wrong
‘I was disgusted.’
On Apr 4, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘It’s just like full of vodka’: Man sober 16 months says bar served him alcohol after he repeatedly asked for a virgin drink
‘I just felt not welcome there.’
‘Everyone needs to be 20% smaller’: Influencer calls out Ozempic ad campaign for pushing weight-loss drugs
‘I’m so afraid of us.’
On Mar 30, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it wrong’: The internet is defending a TikToker living with HIV from Twitter hate (updated)
‘Grow up if queer joy in the face of an epidemic makes you upset.’
On Mar 9, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Legend’: TikToker parodied pharmaceutical company and said it was lowering the price of insulin—the company actually did it
‘I’d like to think the pressure helped.’
On Mar 1, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Poor dog’: Owner ridiculed for dying service dog’s tail ‘gay colors’—it was red and green for the holidays
‘Look at that gay tail.’
‘We are STRUGGLING’: Ohio residents attribute headaches, nausea to toxins from East Palestine train derailment
‘My head feels full of pressure.’
On Feb 21, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘You do a lot of laughing stuff off in retail’: Cashier says they were threatened by cop with a gun for cash back
‘This guy flashed his badge so I would process his return.’
On Feb 9, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
TikTok’s ‘perc dance’ trend mocks the opioid epidemic
‘Percs aren’t a fun and trendy game.’
On Feb 8, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘This madness will end’: Trump boasts about enacting a ‘two genders’ law if elected
He falsely claims that ‘the radical left’ invented transgender people.
On Jan 31, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
EXCLUSIVE: Google software engineer on medical leave laid off after enduring psychological abuse from managers
‘Traumatized is an understatement.’
On Jan 20, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘There’s a baby on the box’: Woman says Walmart children’s toy makes reference to drive-by shooting, papal abuse
The toy’s manufacturer is investigating.
On Jan 5, 2023 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Don’t move to NYC right now’: New York City’s housing crisis is playing out on TikTok
‘People who have any sort of means rise to the top.’
On Dec 21, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
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