For SS23, celebrities and designers alike dabbled in the distorted, from fake botched lip filler on the runway to Doja Cat’s bruised and busted Balenciaga makeup. While “ugly” fashion has been trending for some time, this confirmed the rumblings of what social media trends have been indicating for a while now: being beautiful online is […]
Tumblr’s death knell sounded back in 2018, when the site infamously banned adult content. “There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content,” CEO Jeff D’Onofrio said at the time. The site’s popularity quickly tanked: in the three months following the platform lost 30 per cent of its monthly page views. […]
In the early days of internet fame, the world was run by characters. MirandaSings, Fred, even Shane Dawson’s early content — in the late 2000s and early 2010s, being famous online generally meant playing a role or providing a distinct service (skits, product reviews, parodies, reporting the news). The audience knew that these characters weren’t […]
A24 and Halina Reijn’s new slasher movie Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022), based on a story by Cat Person writer Kristen Roupenian, begins with Bee, played by Maria Bakalova, travelling with her girlfriend Sophie (The Hate U Give’s Amandla Stenberg) to meet her friends — a bunch of wealthy kids in their early twenties with big […]
As an increasingly storied genre of short film, the coming out video has a long history online in much the same way as the YouTube apology video, or one of the platform’s arguably more infamous diss tracks. In the past decade or so, notable works within the medium have included “I’m Gay”, an expertly choreographed […]
TikTokers, Instagram influencers, and other online content creators now have a new way to unionise, via SAG-AFTRA’s “Influencer Agreement”. As Hollywood’s top union, the catchily-named Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will allow those that earn money through advertising on social media to reap the same benefits as A-list actors. “The Influencer Agreement was created in response […]
Facebook, the social media behemoth known for its ability to keep you connected to people you knew in high school and threaten the fabric of democracy simultaneously, is reportedly building its own version of Clubhouse — a new invite-only, audio-only social start-up. The move comes as a surprise to approximately no one, as CEO Mark […]
Since his inauguration last month (January 20), Joe Biden has reversed many of Donald Trump’s key (read: nightmarish) policies established over the last four years. In the first 24 hours alone, he rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, reinstated protections for LGBTQ+ people, ended a travel ban on majority-Muslim countries, and retracted the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation. Now, the […]
As the majority of us attempt to limit the amount of time we’re spending scrolling through Instagram each day, a new social networking app is here to make putting our devices down that little harder. Clubhouse — as it’s named — is a social platform based on audio-chat. Think large Zoom calls blended with live podcasts, all on […]
Britney Spears’ Instagram presence can, at times, be very bizarre. Think: frantic New Year’s resolutions, workouts in the gym she accidentally burned down, and memes your mum might post. Fans have regularly speculated about hidden messages behind the posts, with one recent comment asserting that she’s “reading from something behind the camera”. Now, the singer’s social media manager […]