How to Internet 101: Becoming One in 2 Billion
Growing up in the ‘90s means suffering through the invention of the internet bully and learning how to shield your ego with both blue vented locker doors and virtual red “block this user” buttons. As...
View ArticleHow to Internet 101: Punk Will Never Die
Photo taken by Ingrid R. Taller, exclusively for Bitchtopia. I would never take my mom to a punk show. Even if I were able to explain to her how pushing your neighbor around is actually considered...
View ArticleHow to Internet 101: When Bad People Teach Us Good Things: Mad Men Edition
Sipping on a small glass of scotch, feet thrown over the desk, Don Draper’s melancholy yet confident demeanor has our eyes glued to the television screen. I’m not saying that Draper is the worst...
View ArticleThe Romanticization of Depression
Upon walking into my room there is a basket full of pills, and while many are vitamins and Advil, there are also a few prescription bottles. I have prescriptions for my social anxiety and depression...
View Article‘They are Feminists After All’ and an Analysis of Online Hate
‘They are Feminists After All’ is a hand embellished wall hanging that I made in response to an article, and the sexist troll comments that it generated, that was written about a piece of my work. It...
View ArticleHits and Shits
Hits: Man Who Was Body-Shamed On the Internet Receives The Best Dance Party Ever A Londoner named Sean was fat-shamed on 4Chan—aka the root of all evil—for dancing in public. In a positive turn,...
View ArticleThe Case Against Trigger Warnings
TW: This piece may contain material that is upsetting or offensive to some audiences. On the Origins of the Trigger Warning Trigger warnings (TWs) on the Internet began as an earnest, potentially...
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