Those of us who have seemingly unlimited access to TikTok need to check our privilege at the door and have some perspective.
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With the summer excitement dwindling, it’s time to review The Fulcrum’s favourite songs that trended this summer.
Fast fashion, overconsumption, haul culture, and consumerism in general aren’t going anywhere. But perhaps #deinfluencing can encourage us to be thoughtful about what we buy and to be skeptical about anyone with a discount code.
Instead of watching a 10 minute video of someone reviewing makeup while updating on their life, it can be done in one minute.
As we deviate towards quick and easy consumable content, our experience of the world becomes a bunch of fragments, absent of nuance.
On Oct. 22, the Fulcrum’s Facebook page was unpublished for, allegedly, breaking Facebook’s page policies. Which policies? We couldn’t tell you. Since then, our editor-in-chief has launched two appeals to Facebook, but we still have yet to hear back from the social media giant.
There’s utility in these platforms to talk about eating disorders without triggering vulnerable targets into having them.
Trump is set on a TikTok ban. I am concerned that this ban will intensify the divide between Eastern and Western internet users.
The term ‘simp’ has become a common word in many people’s vocabulary after social media influencers brought the concept to light. However, it has created an incredibly toxic environment that implies women are lesser than men, and men are shamed for treating women with decency.
Scared to come to university after what you’ve seen from reopening universities on TikTok? Have no fear at the U of O!
