‘Of course we’re obsessed with skincare’: Child influencers sing praises of skincare and makeup, sparking debates about child labor laws for social media

I don’t know about you all, but I’m terrified about how unregulated the «child influencer» industry is. I have no problem with adults wanting to revolve their entire lives around posting content about their daily happenings online. I wouldn’t like that for myself, but to eat his own. What really freaks me out is when …
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‘France made me cry’: Influencer complains about feeling isolated in Lyon, splits opinions on travel behavior

French speakers are notorious for gatekeeping their language. I took French classes for most of my school days, but when I attempted to ask for a table for two in Paris, the server immediately responded in English. It bruised my ego, to say the least. I understand that my accent isn’t perfect, and he doesn’t …
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‘The sad beige baby aesthetic is actively harmful’: Mommy blogger flips out at sibling for calling her baby sad and beige

Here at Memebase, we’re no stranger to the «sad beige baby» aesthetic. We’re unfortunately deeply aware of the lengths that design-conscious mothers will go to drain their children’s worlds of visual interest. Listen, I’m all for strong design choices. I made my roommate put the cat’s litter box in her room because I didn’t want …
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Influencer Sashays Through Horse Stampede, Faces Consequences

Professional Instagrammers have often been known to risk their lives (or their dignity) for the sake of a viral moment. And as we continue to learn, influencers are no match for the endless whirl of mother nature. Try as we might to tame the elements in service of a hot pic, nature almost always wins. …
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‘You have to be a real supervillain to defend this company’: Influencer Gets Slammed For PR Trip to Shein Factory in China

The opinion that fast fashion is a generally Bad Thing should not be that controversial. Sure, it’s the only clothing that many can afford, but that doesn’t mean that we should be white knighting for it in the face of flagrant sweatshop usage and a truly insane carbon footprint.  However, it seems like somebody needs …
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Cringey LinkedIn Posts For Frustrated Workers Who Can’t Stand Inspirational Quotes

No two words fill me with more dread than «LinkedIn Influencer.» I only follow two alleged «influencers» on TikTok: Karamo Brown from Queer Eye and financial advisor Suze Orman. I trust these two to give me vague advice about my career and my money far more than a middle management poster that has only found …
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Hilarious Yeonmi Park Tweets For Ironic Fans of the North Korean Influencer

There is a new Twitter main character who is making a splash with her wild interviews. Yeonmi Park is an activist and a North Korean defector who fled to China in 2007 before settling in South Korea and later the United States. She’s built a career off of telling stories about her life in North …
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Wild LinkedIn Posts Courtesy of Cringey Entrepreneurs

There’s something about entrepreneurs that makes them want to post cringe at any chance they get. They love to advise struggling workers when they themselves haven’t achieved any semblance of success. They love to humble brag about how hard they work and how having your own business is superior to working for a company in …
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Insane LinkedIn Posts Made By The Worst of Middle-Management

When I first joined LinkedIn, I joined kicking and screaming. I was so uninterested in a social media platform that only existed for young professionals to post humble brags. Surprisingly, I kind of got addicted to LinkedIn during my post-grad job search. I would try and connect with every person I had ever met to …
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Influencer’s Crusty Barefoot Gym Behavior Disgusts the People of Twitter

It’s a well-known fact that January is probably the worst month to be a gym member. While it’s never fun to share equipment (or space, or smells) with a host of strangers, the discomfort increases tenfold at the beginning of the year, when amateurs sign up for new memberships as part of their New Year’s …
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