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The biggest stories on the internet from April 15th, 2024.

1:01 Bye Bambi x Yasmin Coachella backlash

4:43 Alix Earle gets a private influencer trip to Coachella powered by Poppi

7:33 TikTok's Trade Me Project goes wrong when house winner gets kicked out

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In this week's episode, I explore the ties between TikTok's popular looksmaxxing trend and incel culture. I cover what looksmaxxing is, how it became popular among boys and young men, and the incel ideology that underpins this trend. 

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Timestamps:

3:27 What is looksmaxxing & why is it popular on TikTok?

8:40 What does incel mean?

11:33 Core beliefs of incels: appearance-based hierarchy, misogyny & pill theory

19:00 The ties between looksmaxxing & inceldom 

Resources:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240326-inside-looksmaxxing-the-extreme-cosmetic-social-media-trend 

https://www.tiktok.com/@syrianpsycho 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780135/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45284455“ 

https://incels.wiki/w/Looks_theory 

https://incels.wiki/images/e/ee/Okcupid.png 

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/male-messaging-curve.png 

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/female-messaging-curve.png 

https://www.tiktok.com/@syrianpsycho/video/7091686104650353966?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=6899384367418131969 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/style/looksmaxxing-tik-tok-dillon-latham.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/books/review/angry-white-men-by-michael-kimmel.html#:~:text=Failing%20to%20concede%20this%2C%20men,greater%20gender%20and%20racial%20equality. 

Solea, A.I., Sugiura, L. Mainstreaming the Blackpill: Understanding the Incel Community on TikTok. Eur J Crim Policy Res 29, 311–336 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09559-5 

 https://looksmax.org/threads/complete-guide-to-psl-ratings.379179/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xmaze/learn-to-decode-the-secret-language-of-the-incel-subculture 

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/incels-in-australia-the-ideology-the-threat-and-a-way-forward/

The biggest stories on the internet from April 11th, 2024.

00:30 Leo Skepi has apologised for making fatphobic remarks after a wave of backlash

5:25 TikTok creator Sarah Joy has allegedly been faking being Amish for followers

12:03 Dbrand offers consumer $10K after tweeting racist comment about their last name

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The biggest stories on the internet from April 10th, 2024.

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00:27 TikTok-popular jewelry company Evry Jewels has called out an influencer for allegedly backing out of a collab

5:49 TikTok to launch Instagram rival app

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The biggest stories on the internet from April 9th, 2024.

Timestamps:

00:40 Vanderpump Villa recap

3:46 JoJo Siwa accused of stealing her new song 'Choose Your Fighter' from Emeline

6:56 Todrick Hall vs. Adam McIntyre vs. Colleen Ballinger

12:00 Billie Eilish announces new album days after putting her entire following list on her close friends

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The biggest stories on the internet from April 8th, 2024.

Timestamps:

00:51 Content recap

2:26 Jersey Shore Family Vacation

4:15 Summer House

8:17 TikToks' latest meme— Industrial grade glycine from Donghua Jinlong

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In this week's episode, I explore the rise and fall of Myspace— the first site that put social networking on the map at a global scale. I look at Myspace's origins, why the site became so popular, and its cultural impact, including some of the most prolific artists and influencers to come out of the platform. I also go into how and why Myspace ultimately failed, and the legacy it left behind for Millennials online. RaWrrrrrr <3

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Timestamps:

5:34 The idea of Myspace

7:58 Myspace launches

8:42 Why Myspace was so successful

15:07 Cultural impact of Myspace - music discovery, influencers, aesthetics & coding legacy

21:45 News Corp buys Myspace

23:29 The downfall of Myspace

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeWolfe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Anderson 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1gWuzczSQ&ab_channel=MagnatesMedia

Kate M. Miltner & Ysabel Gerrard (2022) “Tom had us all doing front-end web development”: a nostalgic (re)imagining of Myspace, Internet Histories, 6:1-2, 48-67, 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24701475.2021.1985836 

Angwin, Julia. Stealing Myspace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America. Random House, 2009. 

Irina Shklovski & danah boyd “Music as Cultural Glue: Supporting Bands and Fans on MySpace.” https://www.danah.org/papers/BandsAndFans.pdf

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/the-rise-and-fall-of-myspace/69444/  

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/18/business/news-corp-to-acquire-owner-of-myspacecom.html 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4695495.stm 

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rem-previewing-album-on-myspace-66407/   

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/06/as-myspace-sells-for-35-million-a-history-of-the-networks-valuation/241224/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19329332 

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42475503 

https://centennialworld.com/gen-z-return-of-the-scene-queen/  

https://money.cnn.com/2014/10/29/technology/wsjd-murdoch-myspace/index.html 

https://www.codecademy.com/resources/blog/myspace-and-the-coding-legacy/ 

https://techcrunch.com/2008/06/12/facebook-no-longer-the-second-largest-social-network/ 

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN05173148/ 

https://www.businessinsider.com/2009/1/myspace-passed-on-buying-facebook-for-75-million 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-17-fi-ct-myspace17-story.html 

https://www.forbes.com/2007/02/26/myspace-speed-facebook-tech-intel-cx_df_0227myspace.html?sh=2131442d344d 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jun/30/myspace-sold-35-million-news 

https://www.businessinsider.com/former-myspace-ceo-explains-why-facebook-was-able-to-dominate-social-media-despite-coming-second-2015-5  

The biggest stories on the internet from April 4th, 2024.

Timestamps:

00:47 Aspyn Ovard files for divorce from Parker Ferris same day she announces their 3rd child was born

6:41 Comedian Daniel Tosh claims that Kylie Jenner is pregnant with Timothée Chalamet’s baby

9:15 Fans speculate The ACE Family divorce is fake after Catherine McBroom joins Austin's RV storyline

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The biggest stories on the internet from April 3rd, 2024.

Timestamps:

00:46 Sabrina Carpenter reveals Skims collaboration and Swifties are mad about it 

6:10 Charli D’Amelio rumoured to be dating hockey player Joel Hofer 

8:32 JoJo Siwa cops criticism for rebrand

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The biggest stories on the internet from April 2nd, 2024.

Timestamps:

2:36 Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter causes divide on TikTok

5:24 Billie Eilish faces backlash for comments made Billboard article

9:16 Man who allegedly punched creator Halley Kate is arrested

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