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Why Are People Still Sunning Their Genitals?
Doctors have warned against exposing genitals to the sun, but a community of “alternative” health practitioners does it anyway.
Why Does Instagram Keep Trying to Be TikTok?
Content creators, online shop owners, and photographers talk about how the social media shift to video is affecting them.
I Visited Binley Mega Chippy to See What All the TikTok Fuss Is About
Can you get the Morbius meal? How do the Binley Mega Chippy staff feel about viral TikTok fame? Is the food even tasty? I had to find out.
In Memory of Vine, Which Crawled So TikTok Could Fly
Vine is now defunct but its six-second videos loop on in people’s minds.
Yes, You Should Be Eating Avocados With Milk and Ice
TikTok is only now discovering what Filipinos have always known: Avocado is a dessert.
These Robotic Reddit TikTok Accounts Come From a Content Farming Discord
A wave of TikTok accounts are simply reposting content from Reddit with text-to-speech programs reading out peoples' posts. At least some of those accounts come from a Discord server where people are trying to find easy ways to monetize TikTok accounts.
How Sassa Gurl Went From TikTok Star to Calendar Model
In an interview with VICE, she explained how she turned a tool of objectification into a tool of empowerment.
‘Wordle’ Is Even Harder in Filipino
As a Filipino writer, the fact that I can’t win ‘Saltong,’ a Filipino version of ‘Wordle,’ is just embarrassing.
Please Stop Putting Hell Money Next to Chinese Dishes
Many were aghast after seeing The Guardian’s website use joss paper—an offering traditionally burned for deities and the dead—as a prop in a food recipe for Lunar New Year.
Memeing Manila’s Rich, Trendy, and Privileged
“Poblaposting” is raising a carnival mirror at Philippine city life—from influencer tropes to humble brags.
I Look For the Weirdest and Wildest Things on Wikipedia. Here’s What I’ve Learned.
From a tortoise that saved his species by having lots of sex to killings attributed to a Frank Sinatra song, “Depths of Wikipedia” digs up the most bizarre Wiki facts.
Here’s How Kink Is Taking Over Social Media in the Wake of the Pandemic
It’s the Great Hornification of the 2020s.