Me, My Selfies, and I
Those of us on the line between Gen X and millennial are watching our identities shift and age in a way no previous generation has
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Social Media Is Warping History
#History is huge on TikTok, where counterintuitive takes flatter users into thinking they know the “real” story
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TikTok Is Becoming a Publisher. Will It Ruin the Book Industry?
BookTok is beloved as a guerrilla democratizing force, but the platform’s pivot risks killing the thing that makes it great
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Why Don’t Millennials Have Hobbies?
I sought the help of an algorithm to figure out how to spend my free time. It made me question my generation’s relationship with leisure
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Doctors on TikTok: The Dark Side of Medical Influencers
Medical data is supposed to be confidential. But social media is threatening the privacy and dignity of patients
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Viral Symptoms: The Rise of Mental Health Diagnosis Videos on TikTok
The trend suggests more openness around disorders, but experts worry it’s gone too far
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TikTok Has Become a Recipe Box for Traditional Chinese Cooking
The gap between cooks of colour and the mainstream is stubbornly large, but social media is ushering in a new era for Asian creators
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Everybody Hates Millennials: Gen Z and the TikTok Generation Wars
The video-based platform may not have created generational animosity, but it’s happy to fan the flames
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