Occasionally, a scandal will explode all over social media and have the whole country onlooking as the mild sense of horror unfolds. A few weeks ago, it was the exposure of fake TikTok Doctor Matthew Lani, from X to TikTok to the seats of a taxi, Matthew Lani was the talk of the town as…
In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), the Milady Maker, an NFT project on the Ethereum blockchain, initially seemed like a small, whimsical venture. Launched in 2021, it is described as “generative pfpNFTs in a neochibi aesthetic inspired by street style tribes,” Milady Maker is an exclusive collection of 10,000 anime profile…
The internet and social media are good at getting us all to connect. No matter your geographical location, as long as you have decent wifi and a smartphone, you can find out what Kim Kardashian is up to or see the latest clips from Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour. Through comment sections we can discourse and…
As a nihilistic sex worker who is typically shunned by every social group I come into contact with, baddie culture was once a safe haven. Back then, being a baddie meant that as a marginalised womxn, your power lay in your ability to take the sour lemons life laid at your feet and make sweet…
“gay men should continue making being gay their whole personality as long as we are still being jailed n fckin killed in countries for it.” Tweet by musician Lil Nas X. Lil Nas X refers to it as a pretence when people ignore the fact that homophobia exists in the Black American community. I would…
History of the emoji: An emoji set was created in 1999 by Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita. This was in response to fulfill the need for a shorter way to communicate on a nascent mobile internet system. As the designer for the role, Kurita curated a 176 emoji system for a large telecom company named NTT…
Coi Leray, an American rapper and singer, has spent the last few months online going back and forth with her father, Benzino — an American television personality. A sort of traumatic experience develops right in front of our eyes through tense and eruptive online exchanges between the pained father and daughter pair. It is uncomfortable…
Elon Reeve Musk FRS, 50 years old, is a billionaire entrepreneur and investor. Elon Musk is the co founder and CEO of the sustainable energy car company Tesla and the founder and CEO of SpaceX, a company that is focused on space transportation technology. The billionaire is the product architect and the chief engineer at…
*Trigger Warning: this article has mentions of suicide, sexual assault and pedophilia On the 20th of April, Heavy K, a famous South African DJ and music producer took to Twitter to call out infamous South African podcaster Mac G for allegedly misinterpreting and twisting his words in order for Heavy K to seem like he…
A few months ago in January of 2022, Ari Lennox, a well known and admired US R&B singer made the decision to accept some interviews from South Africa, the first one being with a big South African podcast personality, Mac G. The events from the interview — that resulted in Lennox’s decision — turned awry…
In 2015, a little known Twitter user named A’Ziah-Monae King posted the first words of a viral 148-tweet saga: “Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this here bitch fell out???????? It’s kind of long but full of suspense”. The then 19-year-old, also known as Zola, was a waitress at the American food…
I remember my first encounter with an internet troll during my early Twitter days when I was called a “dumb bitch” because I had tweeted my desire to marry a member of the boy band One Direction. The troll went on to remind me that because of my race and religion, that would never be…
