Lush Ditched Social Media. Who’s Next?
Last Tuesday, on November 23, Lush Cosmetics announced that it would deactivate its Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, and Snapchat pages until social media platforms “can provide a safer environment for their users.” “We wouldn’t ask our customers to meet us down a dark and dangerous alleyway – but some social
Wednesday’s National ‘Facebook Logout’ Aims To Hit Where It Hurts: In the Revenue
A racial and economic justice group is calling on people nationwide to hit Facebook where it hurts: right in the revenue. The “Facebook Logout” campaign urges people to log off Facebook and Instagram Wednesday to disrupt the social media giant machine that profits off ad revenue targeted at its users.
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available
Yes, Big Tech is Too Powerful AND De-Platforming Trump Was Still the Right Move
For the past month, people of the world have woken up every day, slapped their fingers onto their smartphones to silence their morning alarms, unlocked their devices, and scrolled through their social media feeds. And what has been missing the entire time? A single word from former President Donald Trump.
An Interview with BlakSyn, the Human Behind @KinkyBlackEducator
BlakSyn (they/them) is a nonbinary professional in BDSM education and an innovator on these topics in both the on – and offline – realms.
Trendy Self-Care Mantras Are Destroying Your Life
by Laurie Riihimaki In the last decade, there has been a big switch in the way we perceive mental health. Now, the topic of mental health is widely talked about and the stigma is being slowly wiped away. A lot of the positive and open conversation about mental health has
How to Grow Your Social Media Brand While Dying Inside
by Laurie Riihimaki Having Instagram is a necessity if you want to have any sort of influence on the world. That’s because our average audience is just like us: easily impressionable, loves instant gratification, and they’re suffering from sore thumbs from frequent scrolling. Seriously, if you’re not on Insta then
The Weird, Wonderful World That is “Snakes of Instagram”
by Hannah Harkness [Cover Image Credit: @alternativecritterscreatures, Model: @a_man_duh10] While cat and dog pictures are the rulers of Instagram pet content/memes, every kind of pet has their own subculture and their own internet baby talk… Just like the internet turned cat to kitteh and dog to doggo, bird also became
Twitter Wins the Social Media Meltdown War
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! It’s the craziest thing! People around the world are looking up and some are even holding conversations, with other human beings! It’s good for the ego when people actually find you interesting enough to talk to…and then you realize it’s not because