If you've been horrified by TikToks of people chowing down on vagina-shaped chicken breasts and ramen noodle lasagnas, you're not alone.
In fact, you've fallen victim to a new breed of engagement-chasing influencer: the rage-bait chef. My first for
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Jessica Lucas
@jesslucaswrites
I cover internet culture + online communities
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gram: jessicalucaswrites / reddit: sleuthywritergirl / masto: jessicalucas@mas.tojesslucaswrites.comJoined September 2019
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has anyone in AI thought about like, slowing down a bit
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In light of the news TikTok recently took $4M+ in ad money from dangerous weight loss brands: For I reported on the barriers to social media sites being truly body-positive spaces and the misalignment between their statements and actions
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jessica is one of the only writers in which MULTIPLE PEOPLE I KNOW will simply DROP EVERYTHING to read her work when she publishes something new. no one is better at wading into the most unexpected corners of the internet yet still treating the people she talks to as human.
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Strip clubs, sex parties, and BDSM dungeons, can all be found the depths of VRChat, if you know who to ask.
Participation requires bluetooth sex toys, an open mind, and an avatar with genitals. (The orgies are optional). My latest @markyarm/@BuzzFeedNews tinyurl.com/5cp8pkab
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"Nothing, Forever" scratches the same itch as "Twitch Plays Pokémon" did in 2014 and I will be taking no further questions at this time.
(I talked to the creators of the never-ending AI Seinfeld show about ~tech~ and ~meaninglessness~ and ~Seinfeld~)
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Strip clubs, sex parties, and BDSM dungeons, can all be found the depths of VRChat, if you know who to ask.
Participation requires bluetooth sex toys, an open mind, and an avatar with genitals. (The orgies are optional). My latest /
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nobody does wierd internet sex stuff like her
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Strip clubs, sex parties, and BDSM dungeons, can all be found the depths of VRChat, if you know who to ask.
Participation requires bluetooth sex toys, an open mind, and an avatar with genitals. (The orgies are optional). My latest @markyarm/@BuzzFeedNews tinyurl.com/5cp8pkab
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Strip clubs, sex parties, and BDSM dungeons, can all be found the depths of VRChat, if you know who to ask.
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🚨🚨 hey YOU, want to get rich quick???? You could be making $$$ with NO EFFORT 🤑🤑 using magical AI robot ChatGPT 🤖.Click here to find out how ->
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Beyoncé is not a good performer and her concerts are boring. Don’t waste your time buying tickets, y’all. I’m definitely not gonna get them anymore. Moment of clarity. I’m gonna save my coin. You should do the same. Let’s be responsible this year.
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We're going to casually ignore that I just classed myself as a "peer" of several reporting bigdogs and I'm going to go eat some food now
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That is everything - back next month to shamelessly fangirl about all of my peers ✨
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and finally, to round off the month (I know I spoke about this yesterday I do not care it is very good): on the tragic and mysterious shutdown of StripperWeb, a 20-year-old forum-and-digital-union for exotic dancers. Brilliant work.
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This expose on TikTok pushing weight loss products was a frustrating read, but an important one. Excellent work from
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Excellent story by on tech layoffs colliding with TikTok. Kind of like the last scene of the Titanic unfolding IRL, but with a Silicon Valley spin, self-facing cameras, and somehow way more tears.
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Unfortunately, the issues that come with ChatGPT use aren't just ethical. This investigation from exposed the dark underbelly of the AI darling: human exploitation. A must-read.
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I also particularly enjoyed this piece on the ethics of chatting to deceased historical figures through platforms like ChatGPT.
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There is a lot of coverage at the moment of AI and the way it's changing the world around us. Only one man, however, has asked - and answered - the most important question. Thank you for writing this
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I hate to draw more attention to this man (as if British people needed another reason to be ashamed of themselves) but and deserve recognition for their comprehensive archive of Tate incriminating himself in public.
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I cannot stress how much I love articles which cover niche or unexpected internet communities making a tangible impact on the world, and this story covers just that. Delicious stuff from
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Important work from on the outpouring of sexual assault allegations made against YouTuber Andrew Callaghan, which were largely sparked by TikTok videos.
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Fascinating piece on the ethics of scambaiting influencers, who are often praised as heroes by their followers, but may be targeting innocent victims. Nuanced work from and with some hilarious quotes in there, too.
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Was - and still am - obsessed with this piece, in which she traced her likeness across the internet and explored the murky world of deepfake ads.
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Taking a brief break from my current research k-hole to present (((KLAXON SOUND))): the best internet culture stories of January!
First up: 's on the drama-influencer-to-TikTok-business-journalist-pipeline through the lens of the FTX scandal.
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I will not know peace until someone exposes the person who killed this forum
(This piece is absolutely brilliant, by the way. Only could knit together so many moving parts - the shutdown, conspiracy theories, big picture stripenomics, raw emotions - so seamlessly.)
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After twenty years, the ubiquitous, storied Stripperweb forum is shutting down on February 1. No one knows why.
I wrote about how the community has come together to archive their collective history and attempt to track down the forum's elusive owner.
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If you're a finger, your job is safe (for now)
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here we go again
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She has also kept potroast's skeleton, and keeps splicing it into old videos of potroast so one minute you've got a cute cat video and then POW this appears. (Side note: the top comment on this video is "I think you roasted too long").
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Starting the day with some very important news which is that the influencer who used to own the beloved TikTok cat potroast (RIP) now has a weird robot memorial version that she has dubbed "botroast"
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TikTok accepted millions in ad revenue from two companies that sell weight-loss products promising extreme results, violating its own policies and calling into question its commitment to body positivity.
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finally got around to writing about one of my pet peeves: how much Google Search fucking sucks
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Another "I'm sliding into people's Reddit DMs today and can confirm I'm a real person and not catfishing you" tweet
(the need for this always baffles me because if I was catfishing people I'd definitely pretend to be a far more interesting person, but here we are)
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BREAKING: CNET fires its AI Engine and replaces it with *
**** this is a joke but it's a believable one
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Somehow I have had six (6) stories published today... a thread 
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I'll legit send a message like "hey no pressure haha but can I get an update on X at somepoint in the future that is totally up to you haha sorry to be a pain ha" and still be dying inside bc I feel like I'm giving off this vibe:
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I wrote about the unhinged therapists making videos about their clients on TikTok, and how social media has smoothed over the ethical issues of certain professions turning their jobs into content
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