Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...
A new term has entered the internet lexicon, and it is exploding across social media. The term is “joy baiting.” A distinctly Gen Z slang, it has rapidly taken over online platforms and is being ...
The Oxford University Press is shining a light on the more toxic side of internet culture by choosing “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. Oxford’s language experts, who are the brains behind the ...