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Time's up, Instagram — TikTok is here to stay

Time’s up, Instagram — TikTok is here to stay

Mai Vo, Opinion Columnist April 14, 2022

With roughly one billion monthly active users, TikTok is everywhere nowadays. It could be a total stranger dancing to songs, someone talking about their day or an expert sharing life hacks, and most of...

Photo credit: Ren Rader

Don’t let the camera eat first, or second

Mai Vo October 27, 2020

illustrations by Ren RaderI find myself asking the same question when going out with friends: Is Instagram influencing how we eat?There are few relationships that have become as inexorably intertwined...

Students hoop from home during quarantine

Students hoop from home during quarantine

Alejandra Gerlach April 24, 2020
Recreational Sports puts on virtual trick shot competition
Photo credit: Ren Rader

Are Instagram models actually feminists?

Victoria Stringer February 6, 2020
If you see the Instagram model industry as vapid and shallow — what exactly do you think the historic objectification of women has been?
Avoiding social media won't cure all problems

Avoiding social media won’t cure all problems

Natalia Salas November 2, 2018

This week, I set out to prove people wrong about our generation. I went the whole week without using any social media, including Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter with the intention of getting...

illustration by Julia Poage, staff illustrator

The ongoing Lil Miquela controversy

Daniel Rothschild April 26, 2018

Lil Miquela is a person — at least, that was the initial controversy. The singer/fashion model garnered widespread viral fame in the last two years due primarily to the possibility that she is, in fact,...

Illustration by Andrea Nebut and Tyler Herron

Is a picture really worth a thousand calories?

Georgie Riggs and Evan Chambless November 29, 2017

Have you ever driven halfway across town for a subpar, overpriced, yet maddeningly appealing food item that Instagram seduced you into buying? It’s an experience that most of us have probably fallen...