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The biggest stories on the internet from March 20th, 2025.

Timestamps:

1:23 Emma Chamberlain film debut

4:02 Billboard cracks down on album variants

5:58 Shay Mitchell's Beis pop up scandal

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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from March 12th, 2025.

Timestamps:

1:04 Meme drought

5:33 TikTok users are planning to flood YouTube Shorts with brain rot

9:06 Meta is rolling out community notes 

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Sources:

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/march-2025-meme-drought 

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/juggtok-slimetok 

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/youtube-shorts-colonization 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/oracle-leading-contender-help-run-tiktok-new-deal 

https://www.mediamatters.org/google/right-dominates-online-media-ecosystem-seeping-sports-comedy-and-other-supposedly 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2025-03-18/community-notes-on-x-and-meta-can-t-save-social-media-from-itself 

https://www.platformer.news/meta-community-notes-launch 

https://about.fb.com/news/2025/03/testing-begins-community-notes-facebook-instagram-threads/?ref=platformer.news 

https://www.tiktok.com/@aidanetcetera/video/7481762860326980886 

The biggest stories on the internet from March 18th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:25 Australian 'who tf did I marry?' series

8:22 Natalee B Fitness faces backlash for excluding trans women from women-only gym

13:43 Wombat influencer speaks out

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The biggest stories on the internet from March 17th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:51 Becki Jones leaves social media over toll on mental health

4:50 Truth behind the 7-part TikTok series goes viral "exposing" Hailey Bieber's "obsession" with Selena Gomez

13:03 Chappell Roan faces backlash for referencing Jason Aldean in a positive way in new interview

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In this episode, I explore the rise and fall of one of Gen Z’s favourite YouTube collectives, the Sister Squad– from its formation to its impact to the parasocial relationship fans still have for the group to this very day.

00:00 Intro

4:20 Emma Chamberlain’s rise to fame

6:39 James Charles’ rise to fame

7:47 Dolan Twins’ rise to fame

8:51 The origins of the Sister SquadIconic Sister Squad moments that catapulted them to success

14:22 Fan theories about Ethma

17:25 The end of the Sister Squad and the audience reaction19:32 How Bye Sister impacted Sister Squad

21:40 Where are they now?

28:25 What can we learn?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/style/emma-chamberlain-youtube.html#:~:text=Over%20these%20two%20years%2C%20Chamberlain,or%20edit%2C%20just%20like%20her. 

https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/celebrity-couples/a28984351/emma-chamberlain-ethan-dolan-relationship-timeline/ 

https://www.j-14.com/posts/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sister-squad-explained/

https://x.com/jamescharles/status/772883439733338112 

 ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKqIHUO3NA

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The biggest stories on the internet from March 13th, 2025.

Timestamps:

1:15 Gen Z publisher launches podcast network

5:27 Mikayla Nogueira launches skincare brand

12:16 Alix Earle alcohol brand partnership + stylist backlash

16:03 Pretty Little Thing rebrand

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The biggest tech & social media trends on the internet from March 12th, 2025.

Timestamps:

1:35 Breaking down the viral JD Vance memes

6:25 Digg is returning

9:19 Discord is in talks about an IPO

11:44 YouTubers making a play for TV dollars

13:27 YouTube is cracking down on gambling

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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/discord-ipo.html 

https://www.ft.com/content/4ab9efe7-36bc-44ff-b2cd-06eb2c38203a 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/digg-alexis-ohanian-kevin-rose.html 

https://www.theverge.com/news/625874/auto-draft 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/03/07/jd-vance-face-meme/ 

https://gizmodo.com/notes-on-a-meme-the-grotesque-pleasure-of-bloated-jd-vance-pictures-2000572683 

https://www.tiktok.com/@aidanetcetera/video/7479181418644409622?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=6899384367418131969 

https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/328728041?hl=en 

https://www.fastcompany.com/91293701/youtube-is-cracking-down-on-gambling-content-heres-whats-changing 

https://passionfru.it/youtube-gambling-161000/?_sp=b723d3b7-2224-4286-b0ed-19c42a2a5f31.1741690328096 

https://www.ft.com/content/4ab9efe7-36bc-44ff-b2cd-06eb2c38203a 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/discord-ipo.html 

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The biggest stories on the internet from March 11th, 2025.

Timestamps:

1:40 NYC influencers called out for being "boring" copies of each other

7:30 Bran Flakezz opens up about his influencer salary and the importance of pay transparency

12:44 Hailey Bieber denies claim she liked a shady post about Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco

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The biggest stories on the internet from March 10th, 2025.

Timestamps:

2:33 Rosanna Pansino addresses Tana Mongeau & Trisha Paytas backlash 

7:02 Hannah Berner apologises to Meghan Thee Stallion after red carpet microaggression 

10:29 Are women snarkers the new male incels?

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In this week's episode, I explore the origins and evolution of fitness influencing, begging the questions: Have we truly moved past it? Or are today’s fitness influencers simply repackaging the same harmful ideals under new aesthetics and workout trends?

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

4:02 What is a fitness influencer & why they gained popularity

6:10 Media that influenced early online fitness culture: Biggest Loser, VS Fashion Show & ANTM

14:00 First-wave of fitness influencers & their impact

16:37 Kayla Itsines

20:44 Sarah’s Day

23:00 Misogyny in fitness

25:30 Second-wave fitness influencers: weightlifting & bodybuilding

28:18 The online fitness industry now: The “Ozempic craze” & pilates princesses 

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Sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/01/the-retrograde-shame-of-the-biggest-loser/605713/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Loser_(American_TV_series)#Television_ratings 

https://deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season-44277/ 

https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/health-fitness/americas-next-top-model-body-standards-792363 

https://www.vox.com/2020/5/8/21249408/tyra-banks-antm-backlash 

https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/antm-robin-manning-plus-size-body-shaming-20220409 

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/16/style/victorias-secret-fashion-show-return-ny

https://centennialworld.com/fatphobic-racist-origins-y2k-fashion-trends/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/22/victorias-secret-show-angels-lingerie 

https://sweat.com/about 

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-cult-of-kayla/ 

https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/smallsteps/calorie-needs.pdf 

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fitness/inspiration/kayla-itsines-the-23yearold-aussie-personal-trainer-changing-the-face-of-fitness/news-story/dca02e8e7bc719116a138dd62805407f 

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/young-sa-women-speak-out-about-the-negative-influence-of-kayla-itsines-original-bikini-body-guide/news-story/89c557c44633adb3810b7ee190682b4b?amp&nk=82d5ff632026fe596e041f0ca4fea95d-1650608623 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zoeWcKQynM&t 

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/whats-so-feminist-about-fitness 

Duplaga, M. (2020). The Use of Fitness Influencers’ Websites by Young Adult Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6360-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176360 

https://www.tiktok.com/@oprahdaily/video/7463140577324928286 

https://www.tiktok.com/@serenakerrigan/video/7460880368153939246 

https://hypebae.com/2024/12/pink-pilates-princess-trend-explained-tiktok-spotify-wrapped 

https://www.elle.com/culture/a33635518/chloe-ting-teenage-girls-and-the-quest-for-flat-abs-in-lockdown/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6UdIgKw4dU