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UPDATE: As Lithium shifts back to posting content about culture, sex, and politics, we want to continue to prioritize pieces about the ongoing protests, police brutality, and abolition. Keep pitching those stories. (1/2)

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

They perform a self-awareness toward misogyny while simultaneously referring to their ex-girlfriends as “crazy" and failing to hold their friends accountable for sexual assault.

Why do leftist men still hate women? (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/JV3TyLABSA

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

“It’s frustrating because you just want to see your friends and not be reminded of what makes you less and be offered products you can buy to reach some status of Instagrammable glory."

Seeing Instagram for what it is: for-profit (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/64evtAuNbT

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

We’re all culprits in contributing to the shame and embarrassment that have become synonymous with listening to specific artists.

Why you should reject music elitism (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/rnmeHqQJVR

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

Desperate to create a dramatic little-guy-beats-big-man narrative, they shoved a group of joking, uncommitted gamer boys into a role they didn’t fit in the slightest.

r/WallStreetBets was never David (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/AgWSdD4Mi8

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

"We jump at the opportunity to bring women like Brown and Spears to fame just to tear them down."

Oops!... we did it again: why we get off on women's pain (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/FvgrltG744

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

"We got tired of our boring, average, unglamorous lives and began to fantasize about a utopian world. As a result, my Letterboxd is inundated with reviews of Pride and Prejudice."

Gen Z, stop glamorizing old money (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/pbpARhHiGI

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

Coupled with all the porn and other media normalizing violent sex, these TikToks convince teenagers that violence must be involved to have good sex.

Somebody tell sixteen-year-olds choking isn’t vanilla (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/xsTqo2RAbj

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

"This kind of hostility is dangerous considering that Letterboxd is many young people’s primary exposure to wider cinema."

Sexist men on Letterboxd are my Joker origin story (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/O1KYY8VaDS

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

The consensus among pro dommes seems to be that the version of financial domination we see on Twitter is often a bastardization of what experienced financial dommes do.

The price and power of Twitter findom (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/EBl2NNzbev

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

"I’m someone who, having grown up in front of all these people online, feels a weird inclination to document my woes and troubles for all to see."

Jasmine Li of @lithiumagazine speaks with filmmaker @bertieglbrt about his upcoming film PLEASE CARE: https://t.co/i9TZZIjwp8

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

"We have to remind ourselves that this narrative of autonomy is not universal, and the personal feeling of empowerment does not mean the industry is safe or ethical."

“Selling Sexy” is a half-hearted takedown of OnlyFans (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/DNtM72PAtp

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

Isn’t it sometimes enough just to let hot actors argue in a swanky house? Must we fund a proxy war on criticism?

“Malcolm & Marie” review: Sam Levinson, you okay? (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/LTke0bIlns

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

The warped musical rivalry of today is suffocating. Rather than uplifting one’s opinions, we unknowingly silence others to feel better about ourselves.

Why you should reject music elitism (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/rnmeHqQJVR

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

It’s not that Fake Accounts is poorly written. The problem is that there is nothing interesting or groundbreaking about writing an entire novel in the style of cynical Twitter takes.

What’s the point of “Fake Accounts”? (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/UGe0qGnrBa

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

Now more than ever, when interactions in the digital realm outnumber those in real life, it’s easy to get sucked into the warped worldview TikTok serves on a silver platter.

TikTok is dangerously personalized (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/BpjXtoQdfg

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"I found the hashtag #disabledtiktok, a subculture in which disabled creators share their daily lives & humor."

Isabelle Robinson on Gen-Z disability humor: "Having a disability sucks, but it doesn’t have to be sad. Sometimes, it’s really fucking funny."

https://t.co/CZHWSchEgw

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

By dreaming of belonging to that exclusive, privileged, greedy world, we’re justifying it.

Gen Z, stop glamorizing old money (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/pbpARhHiGI

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

Sometimes the posts are decidedly political; in other cases the humor lies in their nonsensicality, as in the case of an Addison Rae photo captioned “beef wellington.”

The Twitter account reviving Whisper, one thirst tweet at a time (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/qgTNBXvlm6

[Adolescent @AdolescentUS]

Satirizing the former Mormon experience is common for many of these creators. It acts as both a coping mechanism for the creator and an educational tool for their viewers.

TikTok is offering a community for ex-Mormons everywhere (via @lithiumagazine): https://t.co/ZH70UsRYFZ