Mental illness is not a quirky personality trait, unlike how it has been portrayed recently.
We have all relished in our own sadness at some point. Maybe you even posted a crying selfie, mascara running...
I just updated TikTok for the first time in six months.
All of a sudden, it seems like all my content is sponsored and there’s an unavoidable TikTok Shop section in between my For You and my Following...
BookTok is a community on TikTok that, you guessed it, focuses on and discusses books.
The millions of videos under the BookTok tag include book reviews and recommendations on a wide variety of genres...
During the spring semester of my first year at UVM, I was a traumatized lump of sadness.
I was sick of COVID-college and was becoming deeply entrenched in my own drama. Happiness became scarce.
I...
Sophomore Ally Wheeler promotes nutrition and wellness through social media by sharing her own health journey on her Instagram page, @radiantplates.
Wheeler started @radiantplates January 2021 as a...
Something that recently bothered me since the release of TikToker Addison Rae’s “He’s All That” movie is the casting of TikTok stars in shows and movies.
Fame doesn't correlate with talent.
TikTokers...
There are many who love to hate on TikTok for being toxic and causing more harm than good.
But TikTok is actually very positive, creating loving and comforting communities.
Whether you’re into...
If you hear two coughs in a row, and you automatically think of the lyrics, “I got your picture, I'm coming with you, dear Maria count me in,” you are a pop-punk kid.
Today, pop-punk makes many...
Trends on the internet are great for creative ideas anyone can accomplish no matter their art skill.
Yet there is a massive problem with a recent trend, resin art, that not a lot of people are talking...
“You like anime? I bet you can’t name 5.”
“You haven't watched "One Piece" or "Dragon Ball Z?" Nah, you’re not a real anime fan.”
“Oh, you like “Attack on Titan,” bet you only...
Emily Johnston, Assisstant Opinion Editor
• October 16, 2020
Picture Cassie Ainsworth, the character from “Skins,” not eating for 3 days for an arbitrary reason and teaching her classmates how not to eat.
She was the quintessential thinspo, or thinspiration,...
Paige Fisher, Cynic News Reporter
• October 14, 2020
It’s almost a normal weekday for Sophomore Sam Joyner, except today he’s sitting alone in a hallway of empty dorm rooms accompanied only by people in hazmat suits, making TikToks to offer a glimpse...
