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Kiddest is a pop culture journalist, creative writer, musician, visual artist and content creator. She studied English and Creative Writing at Yale University, and has a passion for telling stories that tackle the intersection of technology, pop culture, and race. In everything she does, she strives to inspire people to live authentically and open their eyes to the diverse perspectives of the world.
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Well, not really. But there was a time when I craved his spotlight. It was back in 2008, when I was ten years old. YouTube had just gone mainstream, and every day after school, I would rush downstairs and plop myself down in front of our clunky desktop computer; I'd binge videos of popular creators like Jenna Marbles, Niga Higa, Andrea Russett, FRED, and of course, Shane Dawson.
TikTok has become the home of modern witchcraft, with more and more "baby witches" joining "WitchTok" every day. United by an interest in the occult, these self-proclaimed witches will post anything from magick spells and tarot card readings to fairy house tutorials and mini-vlogs with their spiritual deities.
We were on a Greyhound bus traveling across the Midwest, and I could I heard moaning from the seat over. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of my neighbor's phone screen: a busty white cosplayer, dressed in booty shorts and a low-cut ruby red crop top, swaying her hips while playing Oh.
The only thing harder than being a super-rich, white male is being a super-rich, white female. Taylor Swift makes this clear in her new music video, "The Man." While the high-budget production attempts to satirize toxic masculinity by poking fun at double-standards, it ultimately falls flat due to its reliance on overdone white feminist tropes [...]
Kathy Yaeji Lee is a woman of many artistic identities. A singer, rapper, DJ, electronic-music producer, visual artist, fashion designer and more; to be "Yaeji" is to refuse to be defined by one thing. Though despite Yaeji's multiplicity, there is a cohesiveness to her creative being: an honesty and intimacy found at the core of [...]
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion recently released their collaborative single "WAP", following it up two days later with a glamorous, high-budget music video. This music video sparked controversy not just for its celebration of female sex-positivity, but for its shocking inclusion of Kylie Jenner - a white celebrity whose appearance many viewers rightfully felt unnecessarily overshadowed the talented performances of the women-of-color featured in the video.
On the internet, anyone who's anyone is an industry plant. It seems like every time a new artist breaks into the mainstream, people are quick to question whether their sudden rise-to-fame is actually organic.