TikTok
Culture

How chess took over the internet
Chess influencers on TikTok, Twitch and YouTube are contributing to a newfound popularity amongst young people.
Aina Marzia
5.11.23
Opinion

The return of recession dating
Tough times might mean 'tinned fish dates', but financial turmoil should be weathered with a bit of romance.
Laura Pitcher
4.25.23
Opinion

Fake scars & beauty conspiracies are the great algorithmic distraction
Content creators are pushing themselves to extremes for virality's sake, while we’re all zoomed in on niche internet dramas.
Laura Pitcher
3.17.23
Fashion

Fashion’s going medieval
Designers Chloé Nardin and Mega Mikaela are making clothes inspired by knights, princesses and plagues.
Zoë Kendall
3.14.23
Opinion

Why are so many young people getting sterilised?
On TikTok, a new generation are changing how we talk about making the decision to not have children.
Alessandra Schade
2.28.23
Opinion

It's not recessioncore, it's revolutioncore
When celebrities are turning on conspicuous consumption, that means it's probably time to storm the Bastille.
Roisin Lanigan
2.24.23
Opinion

Corecore is the internet screaming from inside itself
From anti-capitalist compilations to video collages tackling loneliness, the new TikTok genre is here to make us feel something.
Laura Pitcher
2.24.23
Opinion

Unpacking the Gen Z shake
Does the trend really reject curation, or is it just part of our fetish for faux authenticity?
Amy Francombe
2.22.23
Opinion

Why the internet is obsessed with maladaptive daydreaming
The mental health discourse on TikTok sees users confessing to an intense and invasive addiction to letting their mind wander.
Laura Molloy
2.21.23
Opinion

Sustainability influencing won’t save us
Deinfluencing is nothing more than a way for content creators to tap into the anxiety of economic precarity in order to be relatable.
Daisy Schofield
2.15.23
Opinion

2023 is the year of meta-cringe
On TikTok we've become obsessed with earnest humour that blurs the lines between irony and sincerity.
Eve Upton-Clark
2.1.23
Opinion

What Frutiger Aero teaches us about niche internet aesthetics
The TikTok revival of this post-Y2K microtrend tells us a lot about our fraught relationship with modern technology.
Michelle Santiago Cortés
1.30.23
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