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Influencers

Sex Media

The Sexfluencers

Platforms like OnlyFans mean people with big followings online can earn money. Where does that leave the sex workers who were there first?

Rebecca Jennings Vox Nov 2021 25min Permalink

Tech

The Anxiety of Influencers

Educating the TikTok generation.

Barrett Swanson Harper's May 2021 40min Permalink

Health

Brazilian Butt Lift: Behind the World's Most Dangerous Cosmetic Surgery

The BBL is the fastest growing cosmetic surgery in the world, despite the mounting number of deaths resulting from the procedure. What is driving its astonishing rise?

Sophie Elmhirst Guardian Feb 2021 25min Permalink

Business

Trolling the Great Outdoors

As the wilderness gets overrun, the most hated man in the Rockies finds an audience of emulators and antagonists.

Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Jan 2021 Permalink

Health Media

The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga

A profile of YouTube yogi Adriene Mishler

Molly Young New York Times Magazine Permalink

Media

Who Would I Be Without Instagram?

Tavi Gevinson talks.

Tavi Gevinson The Cut Sep 2019 30min Permalink

Media

My Love-Hate Relationship With Instagram

A profile of an influencer.

Sophie Elmhirst The Economist 1843 Dec 2018 20min Permalink

Tech Travel

#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement

How life on four wheels became a brand.

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Rachel Monroe New Yorker Apr 2017 20min Permalink