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When @reallyverycrunchy posted her first TikTok on Dec. 31, 2021, the joke was simple: some parents think plastic toys are dangerous. In the three-minute clip, the creator cheekily poked fun at the idea, giving away her kid’s plastic Christmas presents under the guise of safety. “It’s time for us to …

Kaitlyn Wade, 30, has struggled with her weight her entire life. Since she was 19 years old, she’s tried every dieting fad that’s splashed across women’s social-media feeds: Hydroxycut, Skinny Wraps, phentermine and topiramate. They all offered temporary but not long-term effects. “I’ve realized it’s a lot about the science …

Meesha Garbett doesn’t think she’s a rebel. In all honesty, the 14-year-old isn’t even sure she’d call herself a professional dancer. That is at least, not yet. From the small town of Telford in Shropshire, England, Garbett tells Rolling Stone she’s been dancing since she was three, which has allowed …

The human brain is thought to start forming memories around the age of two and a half. Anything that happened before? We’ll have to take someone else’s word for it. Such is the premise for what surely ranks among the strangest TikTok trends of 2022: people trying to convince each …

Since Kanye West has transformed his image from celebrated rapper to disgraced, antisemitic media personality, a group of people have begrudgingly remained by his side: his stans. In October, even as West’s rants became increasingly problematic, stan accounts on TikTok and Instagram went viral for using West’s song “I Wonder” …

Brian Johnson, who rocketed to internet fame as a fitness and masculinity influencer calling himself “Liver King,” is facing the wrath of acolytes after another bodybuilder presented what he says is evidence that Johnson has been using steroids. Since August 2021, Johnson — a boastful, heavily bearded man with a …

For luxury fashion house Balenciaga, a seemingly run-of-the-mill photoshoot designed to sell a collection of holiday-themed tchotchkes has snowballed into an internet frenzy —which now includes accusations of a deep-seated pedophilia conspiracy, a Kardashian statement, and a $25 million lawsuit. So, how did we get here? What Was in the …

Donald Trump famously stumbled his way through the Pledge of Allegiance as president, but you probably remember it verbatim from recitations at school. All at once, everyone would lurch to their feet, place right hand over their heart, and intone those solemn words with all the passion of an accountant …

Even if you don’t know Nadya Okamoto‘s name, there’s a good chance if you’re on TikTok, you’ve seen her work, or more specifically, intimate details about her life, career, and menstrual cycle. Okamoto wants to change how the world thinks about periods — but it’s a bloody fight. Okamoto, 24, …

If you scrolled through TikTok this year, you’ve probably heard Destroy Lonely’s “NOSTYLIST.” The 21-year-old Atlanta native scored a viral hit when he crooned over a mesmerizing beat, boasting about waking up and “putting that shit on,” shouting out his favorite brands to wear and reminding us all that he …