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Category: Social Media
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‘The Claw Grip’: Why Are Women Always Holding Things?
Known as “the claw grip” online, women are making videos about how many objects they can hold without a purse or functional pockets. What is the larger message?
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The Hottest New Cafe Is in Someone’s Living Room
Young hosts are turning their apartments into makeshift coffeehouses, and documenting the process on social media. Are they social events or side hustles?
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Can The Washington Post’s TikTok Guy Make It Without The Post?
Dave Jorgenson is starting his own video company that explains the news, with a twist. Think Jon Stewart meets Ron Burgundy.
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The Bag of Summer Is a BAB
No longer written off for being “ludicrously capacious,” oversize bags are building up a fan base on social media.
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Maddie, a Coonhound Who Awed Instagram by Balancing on Things, Dies at 14
In thousands of photos, Maddie stood tall and seemingly unbothered atop fences, cars, road signs and tires, garnering 1.2 million Instagram followers along the way.
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Popular Podcasts Like Joe Rogan and Theo Von Are All Video Now. Who Is Watching?
An audio-only medium spawned a giant industry that is now largely focused on video.
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The Toupee Queen Uses TikTok to Combat Stigma of Baldness and Hair Systems
Known as the Toupee Queen online, Emily Cheney is helping change the way people talk about men’s hair loss.
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Brett Cooper Is Spreading Conservatism, One Celebrity Drama at a Time
The YouTuber set out to reach young conservatives who felt alienated by mainstream culture. Now she is the newest face at Fox News, though dreaming of her own Goop.
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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Placed on Leave After Video at Coldplay Concert Exposes Alleged Affair
A video from a concert dominated internet discourse as people joked about a man and woman who appeared very upset to be shown on camera.
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What Is a Jet2 Holiday, and Why Are People Talking About It on TikTok?
The voice-over and soundtrack from an ad released in January 2024 have gone viral on social media a year and a half later.
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What Is a Coffee Bucket? A Trend has Lattes Going Big for Attention.
Across the United States, cafes are serving jumbo-size coffee drinks in plastic buckets. The gimmick is working.