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Here's your chance to win a prop from 'How I Met Your Mother'
Fans now have a chance to win iconic props from the How I Met Your Mother set in the mother of all giveaways.In a promotion for the complete series box set, Twentieth Century Fox is offering props that...
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Will Texas students turn to the Internet for education?
Social science courses in United States public secondary schools have had a bad reputation for decades. Could tech be the solution, by making it easier than ever before to access information that...
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This 5th grader's diary entry is more punk than you
I found a Public Enemy cassette behind the Dumpster of my Catholic school when I was in eighth grade, which opened up a whole new world of music and reminded me that it does, indeed, take a nation of...
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Tumblr partners with TruTV for a new show about lifehacking
Soon Tumblr users looking for helpful lifehacks will have new destination for advice: their television. The site has partnered with TruTV for a new series that promises to help viewers find easy fixes...
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Thom Yorke teases fans with mysterious new record
Thom Yorke understands the Internet buzz furnace and seems to enjoy stoking it with minimal, teasing gestures. The latest is a photo of a mysterious white record that appeared on his Tumblr. He and...
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Teen forced to wear 'GAYTARD' nametag finds support on Tumblr
When it comes to summer jobs, it doesn’t get more thankless that manning the counter at a fast food joint. Yet, Tyler Brandt faced the added cruelty of being forced to wear a nametag that read...
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Taylor Swift turned the best Taylor Swift meme into a T-shirt
If you spend any time on Tumblr, you may have encountered this now-legendary post: The meme has proved so popular, in fact, that Taylor Swift herself “liked” it shortly after joining the blogging...
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Why this AmeriCorps volunteer is living off Olive Garden for 7 weeks
Matt Pershe first heard about the $100 Olive Garden Never Ending Pasta Pass in an email thread. The subject line? “Get fat at Olive Garden.” That’s been the general response to the Olive Garden PR...
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Rejected Princesses get their own fairytale book
We’ve all read the fairytales about princesses like Snow White, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty. They hang out in towers, castles, or dungeons, usually sleeping or embroidering something, and wait for a...
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The teenage thieves of Tumblr
The wonderful thing about Tumblr is that it can generate a subculture for just about anything. One prime example is Tumblr’s shoplifting community. Shoplifting bloggers came under the media spotlight...
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Sam Pepper is not crying about his sexual abuse allegations
A video making the Tumblr rounds shows Sam Pepper, the popular vlogger facing sexual-abuse allegations, apologizing and tearing up. It’s fake. Understandably, fans still frustrated with the YouTuber’s...
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How publishing's biggest troll kept harassing women for so long
There’s a strange, magical little corner of Twitter and the rest of the Internet you may not have heard of unless you’re an author or an enthusiastic reader: the world of book bloggers. It’s where...
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YouTube's Meghan Tonjes is saving the world, one butt selfie at a time
This past May, singer-songwriter Meghan Tonjes took the booty selfie heard round the world. For Tonjes, this act wasn’t any different than the hundreds of other butt photos she’d uploaded along her...
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The alt lit scene's 'dirty little non-secret'
The publishing industry is perhaps no more rampantly incestuous than most, with one critical difference: sexual scandal, gossip, abuse, and betrayal among its members will almost always, one way or...
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The troubling history of YouTube's sex abuse scandals
While a spate of accusations of sexual abuse and emotional manipulation by prominent male YouTube stars came to light in 2014, the toxic environment between some YouTube celebrities and their fans and...
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This Instagram feed is the next big thing in demotivation
The Internet has a well-documented dark side, but it’s also home to relentless positivity, nauseating platitudes, and insipid affirmations. Instagram’s “Unspirational” is the antidote. Like the...
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Alex Day breaks his silence on abuse allegations
“Um, hi. Hello, the Internet. I’ve missed you. Kind of.”Sitting in an open field, that’s how Alex Day—a YouTube musician who’s largely avoided the Internet ever since no fewer than 14 women accused him...
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Nickelodeon historian slams network for its diversity
Nickelodeon nostalgia is rampant. It’s easier than ever to look back fondly on our favorite Nick shows and characters. There are Twitter accounts dedicated to Clarissa Darling and Hey Arnold!, and...
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Inside the world of Tumblr's digital swingers
BY KATE HAKALAThere are 206.3 million blogs on Tumblr. About 11.4% of the top 200,000 are teeming with porn, adult-oriented videos, and otherwise NSFW content. The streams are filled with limbs,...
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'Tinder Guys Posing With Art' Tumblr is a work of art
Tinder profiles have become their own sociological experiments: People pose with tigers and show off their goodwill to get dates, and some users have taken artistic license with particularly creepy...
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