Popular short-form video platform TikTok has blocked searches for ‘skinnytok’ in an effort to reduce the popularity of potentially harmful content. The social media app is notorious for cultivating niche communities based on negative subject matter. TikTok has blocked users from searching for ‘skinnytok,’ a trending term that directs...
Many publications and experts seem to obsess over Gen Z spending habits, often claiming that young people are more interested in Netflix and Starbucks than they are housing deposits. Is it all just heated conjecture, or is there some truth to these allegations of financial incompetence? Financial struggle is a...
Last weekend, a tragedy hit the town of Mokwa in central Nigeria. Over 150 lives were lost in floods that experts call the worst the area has seen in 60 years. Heavy downpours flooded Mokwa in central Nigeria, which led to the submergence of houses, destruction of the sources of...
Meet the grassroots campaign standing up for the rights, safety, and dignity of trans youth. ‘The NHS is not listening to trans youth. How direct do we have to be to make them understand that our blood is on their hands?’ Says Ice Bear, an anonymous protestor for Trans rights. Trans...
A new relationship style is emerging on dating apps that could help to tackle Gen Z loneliness. Called ‘relationship anarchy,’ this philosophy puts all connections we have with others on an equal playing field. Gen Zers are reportedly engaging in a new dating phenomena that could help curb loneliness...
i'm different, yeah i'm different Hello and happy Tuesday! This week’s edition we’re giving you the scoop on ‘vibe coding,’ AI’s increasingly manipulative tactics, the power of positive thinking, and why everyone is dressing on purpose lately. But that’s not all, of course! We’re serving up good news, essential Substack reads,...
Entertainment company Disney has announced it will be letting hundreds more employees go across various departments including film, television and financial services. Disney has said it will be laying off hundreds of employees across the globe in order to cut costs and soften current financial pressures. The company has reportedly...
Unionised quality assurance testers at ZeniMax have announced that they’ve reached a deal with Microsoft after two years of negotiations. It follows a recent trend of more coherence amongst video game workers to demand greater pay and rights. A new deal has been reached between unionised quality assurance testers...
With the advent of diet drugs like Ozempic, plus size stars are increasingly losing weight – and gaining haters. To see a plus-size woman on a red carpet was, for a time, rather revolutionary. I hesitate to use that word for fear it sounds gouache and trite, but I'll admit...
The former Chelsea FC owner was forced to sell up in 2022 after UK sanctions were actioned against the Russian oligarch. He was ordered to give the proceeds of the €2.97bn sale to Ukrainian victims of war, but has continually refused terms. Remember when the UK went after seven Russian...
A Gen Z marketing whizz with endless strings to her bow, Erifili is the founder of a global creative agency (The Z Link), an author and prolific Substacker, photographer, public speaker, and co-hosts the Espresso Epilogues podcast. She also features on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Meagan Loyst, of New York, is the CEO and founder of Gen Z VCs – an active community of 27,000 investors, founders, and operators from 80 countries. She is a leading voice on upcoming tech and consumer trends and her daily content spans everything from climate change, to gaming.
Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old inventor, won the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing a cost-effective soap that combats skin cancer by harnessing the power of sunlight to kill cancer cells during handwashing.
In the world of sports, heroes are often defined by their medals. Challenging this notion is Vinesh Phogat, the Indian wrestler whose relentless fight against systemic injustice on her journey to the Paris Olympics has encouraged us to reconsider who we identify as sporting icons.
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