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Under The Influence
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
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Under The Influence
I Took A TikTok Class. What Happened Next Blew My Mind
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 21, 2024
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Under The Influence
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
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Under The Influence
This Summer’s Hottest Ailment Is Hormone Anxiety
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
July 22, 2024
Wings Week
I Love Trashy Fantasy Books, But I Cannot Condone TikTok’s Obsession With ‘Fourth Wing’
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Heather Wei-Xi Chen
July 18, 2024
Arts And Culture
When You Eat Poison Long Enough, It Starts To Taste Good
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
April 19, 2024
Soccer
Napoli Shitposted Its Way Into A War With Its Own Best Player
80
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Luis Paez-Pumar
September 27, 2023
Podcasts
Let’s Play A Game Of Telephone
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
August 10, 2022
Elder Wisdom
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194
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Laura Wagner
August 9, 2022
Year In Review
The Best Things We Watched In 2021
282
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Defector Staff
December 28, 2021
Sports Highlight Of The Day
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is: Balloon
120
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Patrick Redford
August 20, 2021
Life's Rich Pageant
So You’ve Accidentally Found Yourself At A Massive TikTok Party
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Caitlin Schneider
June 4, 2021
Sports Highlight Of The Day
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Person Who Laughs So Hard She Sounds Like A Robot
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Samer Kalaf
November 20, 2020