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internet culture

Michele Zan posing in mirror selfie (l) FKA Twigs and Michele sitting together in seat public transport (r)

FKA twigs called out for featuring a Black man with darkened skin in her latest music video

'I love FKA Twigs but I can't defend her on this.'

On May 10, 2022 by Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture
man touching eyebrow with caption "Using Rogaine twice per day to grow beautiful full eyebrows" (l) Rogain box (c) shocked woman (r)

‘Overplucked 90s brows be gone’: TikTokers are using Rogaine to regrow their eyebrows

'Started putting it on my 90s brows. It’s slowly working!'

On May 9, 2022 by Jack Alban

Internet Culture
closeup of a person's face

The cheesy origins of the ‘Wow. Crazy. You crazy girl’ TikTok sound

A woman dipped a burrito in cheese, and a sound was born.

On Apr 22, 2022 by Audra Schroeder

Internet Culture
doctor holding tablet with "How is babby formed?" Yahoo! Answers question

Yahoo Answers is shutting down—and people are posting the best entries

A formative part of early internet culture is going away.

On Apr 6, 2021 by Audra Schroeder

Internet Culture
The loudly crying emoji on a purple background.

‘Loudly crying’ becomes most popular emoji on Twitter—which is pretty apt for the pandemic

It surpassed the 'laughing crying' emoji, which is now seen as uncool.

On Apr 2, 2021 by Siobhan Ball

Internet Culture
gamestop reddit

This week on the internet: ‘Harry Potter’ as a TV series and stock market chaos

Plus: we explain the 'sigma male'.

On Jan 29, 2021 by Tiffany Kelly

Internet Culture
bernie memes seth meyers

This week on the internet: ‘Cocaine hippos’ and Bernie memes

The Internet Insider.

On Jan 22, 2021 by Tiffany Kelly

Internet Culture
drivers license

This week on the internet: Sea shanties and ‘Drivers License’

The Internet Insider.

On Jan 15, 2021 by Tiffany Kelly

Internet Culture
clifford memes

This week on the internet: Live-action ‘Clifford’ and the Netflix cinematic universe

Also, why 'Supernatural' fans are freaking out.

On Nov 27, 2020 by Tiffany Kelly

Internet Culture
lil nas x buzzfeed

Lil Nas X was the highlight of BuzzFeed’s overly stuffed ‘Internet Live’

Will fans connect with a variety show short on music but big on memes?

On Jul 26, 2019 by Tiffany Kelly

Internet Culture IRL Streaming
Justin Sayfie

What is #sayfie and why do Floridians use it so much?

It's a Florida thing.

On Jun 23, 2019 by Claire Goforth

Tech
Trippy character tripping over too much internet

What does it mean to be Extremely Online?

Never log off.

On May 29, 2018 by Jay Hathaway

Internet Culture

Cory Doctorow’s ‘Little Brother’ gets Florida summer reading program shut down

Undaunted, Doctorow and his publisher, Tor, responded by donating 200 copies of the book to the school.

On Jun 11, 2014 by Aja Romano

Internet Culture Parsec

Should ‘Internet’ be capitalized?

The Internet is many things to many people. But it’s also mainly one thing: a forum for nerds to argue.

On May 23, 2014 by Nathan Pensky

Internet Culture

The Internet meme is dying, and Reddit is killing it

As the Internet grows up, it only makes sense that cats and Impact text are losing ground to more meaningful content.

On May 15, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

Internet Culture

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