INTERNET CULTURE

Explore the memes, viral trends, and digital movements defining internet culture, and how they reflect and shape Gen Z’s worldview.

What is goblincore? Instagram’s fairycore icon @hollowfae explains the aesthetic

By Monica Athnasious

White women are fake crying on TikTok and the trend speaks for itself

By Alma Fabiani

Samsung’s unofficial AI assistant ‘Samantha’ has already inspired a porn genre

By Malavika Pradeep

What is the [as] TikTok trend? The story behind Adult Swim’s bumper craz

By Monica Athnasious

‘Trash streaming’ is a disturbing YouTube subculture where streamers get paid to broadcast abuse

By Malavika Pradeep

Lovecore is the wholesome internet aesthetic celebrating romance all year round

By Malavika Pradeep

Memes are becoming NFTs. How does that work?

By Shannon Flynn

What is furry art exactly and what’s the hype about? Here’s everything you need to know

By Monica Athnasious

QAnon’s blatant antisemitism is finally exposed and some conspiracy theorists aren’t happy about it

By Alma Fabiani

Introducing the ‘gastronomical’ world of fart fetishes and why some people are into it

By Malavika Pradeep

Why do men use fewer emojis than women?

By Jack Ramage

The surprising life of Bob Ross prior to ‘The Joy of Painting’

By Jack Ramage

Forget about being basic, cheugy is the new TikTok adjective used for anything off-trend

By Alma Fabiani

A viral TikTok controversy labels 24 April as ‘National rape day’. Is it true or yet another hoax?

By Harriet Piercy

Two VTubers explain the rise of an internet phenomenon, will VTubing be the next big thing?

By Malavika Pradeep

Why fashware, the electronic music genre of the alt-right is so problematic

By Malavika Pradeep

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