TikTok
Social media is psychologically addictive
March 17, 2023The realities of social media addiction have been highly debated alongside increasing internet use. Not enough people truly understand the impact of spending hours staring at their tiny rectangles all day, and the effects on our mental health and psychological development are still being discovered. Social media addiction can be as harmful as other forms of addiction, and should be taken seriously. I was 13-years-old when I got my first iPod with a touch screen. I started using Instagram and Snapchat, and as the years passed, the number of social media accounts I acquired increased. I love many things about…
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TikTok is dangerous if not used with caution
November 15, 2022Content warning: mentions of disordered eating Writing this piece makes me a bit of a hypocrite. I have TikTok, and scroll endlessly on my feed. I don’t post videos of my own, but I’ll admit my excessive time online is…
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Yes, I’m defending Just Stop Oil
October 31, 2022The writing is on the wall, or should I say, the soup is on the painting: the climate crisis is here. In this attention-driven economy, news about Just Stop Oil activists throwing soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at London’s National…
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It’s time to end your dysfunctional relationship with Instagram
February 1, 2022Ending a dysfunctional relationship is difficult, but things are usually better once you’re out. This was my experience in beginning the process of deleting my social media after two years of increasingly unhealthy use. Before the pandemic, my relationship to…
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What Grinds Our Gears: TikToks that encourage overconsumption
September 10, 2021I’m chilling on my couch, watching TikToks — as one does — when I come across the side of the app where people buy completely unnecessary things just for the heck of it. What’s more, the comment section is filled…
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Person blames astrology for all their problems
July 28, 2021It started with the new moon in Cancer. TikTok astrologers, who are obviously very trustworthy because they say words like “exalted” and “decan,” said that whatever Cancer placements I had in my astrological chart would tell me what I need…
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The Bright-er Side: TikTok boredom spotlights youth creativity
January 19, 2021I don’t have TikTok. So it says something that I’m still very impacted by the constant innovation that comes from it. Pandemic boredom being funnelled into the app has only illuminated how much talent and creativity youth have to share…
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How TikTok helped me come to terms with my sexuality
January 16, 2021Growing up, sexuality was not a popular topic of discussion — I was rarely exposed to queer history, events, or content unless I personally sought it now. For this reason, from a young age, I’ve always felt cornered into traditional,…
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