Tag: viral

Ova easy: Why an egg is Instagram's most-liked photo

On Sunday night, over 30 million people tapped their Instagram like buttons to propel a small, orange egg to Internet superstardom. The situation makes no sense, but nonsensical Internet news isn’t anything out of the ordinary by now. On Jan. 13, a photo of a freckled and stock photo-ready egg shattered...

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The truth behind fat shaming

Fat shaming, spawned from body shaming, is a controversial issue full of misconceptions and hurt.  In her YouTube video “Dear Fat People”, online personality Nicole Arbour invalidates the idea of fat shaming by claiming that “it is not a thing”. Other quotable moments include, “you’re too fat and...

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Vanquish virality

Our online culture enables a negative space for content to achieve virality, often without the subject’s consent. I hardly knew how to react while watching the now-infamous Starbucks Drake Hands video, where a young man, Brody Ryan, arrests the camera with a smoldering stare while slowly draping one...

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