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Rebecca Jennings

Rebecca Jennings

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Rebecca Jennings

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    A guy (maybe) found shrimp in his cereal. Then it got dark.A guy (maybe) found shrimp in his cereal. Then it got dark.
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    How a tweet about a possible shrimp tail in a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch became a Milkshake Duck.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    One Good Thing
    One Good Thing: The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the perfect late-quarantine bingeOne Good Thing: The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the perfect late-quarantine binge
    One Good Thing

    Why Peter Jackson’s masterpiece is still the one trilogy to rule them all, 20 years later.

    By Rebecca Jennings
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    David Dobrik and YouTube’s distorted culture of consentDavid Dobrik and YouTube’s distorted culture of consent
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    Something is extremely wrong with the way vloggers perpetuate the idea of consent.

    By Rebecca Jennings
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    This actually might be the best summer everThis actually might be the best summer ever
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    Go ahead, romanticize your summer self.

    By Rebecca Jennings
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    This week in TikTok: Is the creator economy a dystopia?This week in TikTok: Is the creator economy a dystopia?
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    Influencers can now let fans “control their lives” for money.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    One Year Later
    This week in TikTok: Please stop romanticizing the pandemicThis week in TikTok: Please stop romanticizing the pandemic
    One Year Later

    TikTok is already nostalgic for early quarantine. Dark!

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    Your tweet goes viral. Here come the companies asking you to sell their crap.Your tweet goes viral. Here come the companies asking you to sell their crap.
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    Clout mining is the new way to make money off viral tweets.

    By Rebecca Jennings
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    This week in TikTok: The problem with the “Cancel Porn” movementThis week in TikTok: The problem with the “Cancel Porn” movement
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    On TikTok, it’s impossible to have a nuanced discussion about sex work.

    By Rebecca Jennings
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    This week in TikTok: Music is just TikTok nowThis week in TikTok: Music is just TikTok now
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    Head empty, only TikTok sounds.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Figure skating is on thin ice. Here’s how to fix it.
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    The sport that peaked in the 1990s in the US could desperately use a makeover — and not just at the Olympic level.

    By Rebecca Jennings

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