Many independent musicians are using the short-form video hosting app TikTok to gain a following. Here are five up and coming artists to keep an eye out for!
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The Male Gaze: What It Is, and What TikTok Often Gets Wrong
The ‘male gaze’ has a long history in art and philosophy. To know what it actually means, let’s start with understanding what gaze is in the first place.
Keith Lee’s TikTok Food Reviews: From MMA Fighter to Changing Food Businesses One Bite at a Time
MMA fighter Keith Lee found fame and fortune on TikTok as a food critic. His love of food was inspired by his wife’s pregnancy cravings.
Actor and TikTok Creator Dustin Phillips Was Almost Cast in ‘Dahmer’ but He Has Bigger Plans for the Future
Known for his funny Starbucks skits on TikTok as @duztn, Dustin Phillips is the up and coming TikTok creator and queer Asian actor you need to keep an eye out for.
Going Dumpster Diving? Here’s What TikTok Taught Me
For some, dumpster diving is a way to sustain themselves. But for others, it’s a more ethical way to live.
TikTok Is Feeding Diet Culture and We Need To Do Something About It
TikTok trends pave the way for diet culture keep thriving but users can use the app to reject it.
No Free Feet Pics: Are People Really Satisfying Their Foot Fetish on TikTok for a Fee?
If you have a foot fetish, you might have to pay a small price for it—there are no free feet pics on the internet.
2022 Viral TikTok Songs You Need to Listen to in Full
These TikTok songs are more than just soundbites and deserve a full listening to,
5 Dangerous TikTok Challenges No One Should Ever Try
Some challenges are harmless fun. But these five dangerous TikTok challenges just shouldn’t be done.
Queer Books to Read Before the Next Year’s Pride
From queer love stories in ancient Greece to eye-opening insights into the Stonewall riots, these queer books can keep you entertained until next year’s Pride.
Goblincore: TikTok’s New Woodland Aesthetic
You’ve heard of Cottagecore. Now get ready for its frog-loving, mushroom-gathering sister aesthetic, Goblincore, that’s bringing foraging back into the mainstream.
FYP: How to Start a Union
These TikToks prove you don’t have to be Jimmy Hoffa to start a union.
FYP: Gentle Parenting TikToks for Your Inner Child
These TikToks will help you be kinder to your kids and to your own inner child.
Here’s Why Lil Darkie’s Inflammatory Lyrics and Dark Cartoons Are Blowing Up
What has brought Lil Darkie to such prominence on platforms like SoundCloud, Reddit, and Tik Tok is the way he combines jarring and aggressive lyrical images with an insightful underlying meaning.
Drives the Common Man Shows His Scars in Latest Single, “Night Vision”
Andrew Joseph Stevens III, more widely known as Drives the Common Man, has gained a strong following through his energetic and supremely danceable covers, remixes, and mashups on TikTok over the past year.