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Rebecca Jennings

Rebecca Jennings

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Rebecca Jennings

    Money
    This week in TikTok: Gen Z is not coming for your skinny jeansThis week in TikTok: Gen Z is not coming for your skinny jeans
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    On millennials, middle parts, and fake generational warfare.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    This week in TikTok: How does TikTok know I have ADHD?This week in TikTok: How does TikTok know I have ADHD?
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    And is it helping anyone?

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    This week in TikTok: Money is fake, but I still lost $10This week in TikTok: Money is fake, but I still lost $10
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    The GameStop squeeze, explained by StockTok.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    What happened when a beloved mom influencer donated to TrumpWhat happened when a beloved mom influencer donated to Trump
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    Taking Cara Babies taught her 1.3 million followers how to get their babies to sleep. Then her political affiliations sparked a social media meltdown.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    Kellyanne and Claudia Conway’s very complicated, very public relationship, explainedKellyanne and Claudia Conway’s very complicated, very public relationship, explained
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    Kellyanne Conway’s 16-year-old daughter has provided an ugly look into their family life, and the latest accusations are especially troubling.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    This week in TikTok: How are you supposed to be a girl online?This week in TikTok: How are you supposed to be a girl online?
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    “Try and name one thing that girls can like and won’t get made fun of.”

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    This week in TikTok: Get me out of sea shanty TikTokThis week in TikTok: Get me out of sea shanty TikTok
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    Soon may a new TikTok trend come.

    By Rebecca Jennings
    Money
    Terrible financial advice is going viral on TikTokTerrible financial advice is going viral on TikTok
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    TikTok is full of dubious personal finance myths. Here are 10 of them, and why you should be wary.

    By Rebecca Jennings and Emily Stewart
    Facebook
    Facebook will stop advertising gun holsters and military gear through Inauguration DayFacebook will stop advertising gun holsters and military gear through Inauguration Day
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    Are Facebook’s efforts to reduce misinformation after the Capitol attack too little, too late?

    By Rebecca Jennings
    The paradox of online “body positivity”
    Money

    Is this the beginning of a mainstream fat acceptance movement? Or will it be buried by the algorithms?

    By Rebecca Jennings