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- Arts & Culture, Feature Dec 22, 2020
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The year of TikTok
How local creatives made the most of the social media platform in 2020
- Music, Music Review Aug 21, 2020
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Ganser lift the spirits of the extremely online with Just Look at That Sky
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 6, 2020
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#iPlan2Live takes over TikTok
Kale Williams initiates an online movement celebrating Black softness and purpose.
- Film, Small Screen Jan 23, 2020
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The Circle is junk food TV with a twist
Apparently it pays to be yourself, who knew?
- Film, Film Issue May 8, 2019
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Sliding into @MusicBoxTheatre’s DMs
An investigation into the best movie theater Twitter in town.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2018
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Everyone's a sucker at a new kind of traveling circus—the Instagram trap
At Happy Place, 29Rooms, and a new wave of pop-up museums you can pay $30+ for great Instagrams—and not much else.
- Film, Movie Review Jul 24, 2018
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Eighth Grade: Social media, but no social life
In Bo Burnham's indie comedy, online culture becomes a breeding ground for teenage anxiety.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2018
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iLLANOiZE Let's Get Social music showcase gives a platform to Chicago's rising hip-hop stars
"Social media can sometimes be superficial but it can also show you who’s putting in the [groundwork] to get themselves heard."
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Feb 8, 2018
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Neil Hilborn’s poems have reached millions of viewers on YouTube
Now he’s bringing his act to Logan Square Auditorium.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2017
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The new horror film Friend Request fails to address what’s truly scary about social media
This dumb genre item misses a wide-open opportunity to issue a social critique.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jun 28, 2017
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Uncle Dan, live, uncensored, and back in Chicago!
A homeboy returns for a Q&A on dubious threesomes, open relationships, strap-ons, micropenises, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2017
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Police are still searching for suspects in sexual assault of 15-year-old girl streamed on Facebook, and other Chicago news
Also, a kombucha bar is opening in Logan Square later this month.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2017
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Report: More possible lobbying violations found in Mayor Emanuel's personal e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, police are searching for a group of men who allegedly gang-raped a teen girl on Facebook Live.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 25, 2017
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A fetishist’s problem with Trump’s alleged piss party
Plus: Permission to wank on social media
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2017
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Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump's Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2017
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In the wake of the Facebook Live attack, we need to talk about black anger
Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump's name.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jan 4, 2017
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How to help a 30-year-old virgin
Where does one find a reliable escort these days? Plus: a cam-girl cover story, more advice for GAYMAN
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Jan 3, 2017
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Eight political New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep
Yes, they’re about politics—because now everything is political.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2016
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Illinois Democrats spend more than $3 million on new anti-Rauner ads, and other Chicago news
Also, the Chicago Park District shuts down 445 outdoor drinking fountains with high lead levels.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2016
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Chicago police try to rebuild trust, improve image with social media strategy, and other news
Also, CPS stops using discriminatory job screening process following a WBEZ investigation.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2016
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What is news, anyway? A new Pew study raises the question.
The Pew Research Center just released a new study on the news preferences of the American public. The findings make for unsurprising reading.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2016
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There’s a huge backlog of deportation cases in Illinois and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm and Rauner trade more jabs on Chicago Public Schools and Donald Trump.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 14, 2016
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A.O. Scott's criticism colloquium comes to Seminary Co-op
The New York Times writer discusses his latest book, Better Living Through Criticism.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2016
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Live stream of Englewood shooting suggests disturbing new reality, and other Chicago news
Also, why the 2016 Cubs could change the way the game is played.
- News & Politics, Essay Dec 22, 2015
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Why I quit social media cold turkey in 2015
The feeling of connection offered by Twitter and Instagram was an addiction—one that's been hard to kick.
