Nascent Conservatism

TikTok also has more than double the concentration of news content creators who identify as LGBTQ+ or advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, and 73% of teens who identify as Democrats or lean left use TikTok, compared to 52% of teens who identify as Republican, according to Pew Research.

a recent study found that TikTok is the only platform where left-leaning news influencers outnumber right-leaning ones.

Since 2020, TikTok has served as a major hub for progressive speech and activism.

how the attention economy works to juice up provocative points of view while ignoring information that is weighed down by the burden of nuance and moderation.

But while 4chan posters and online trolls started the pro-Trump movement, the crowd at the Power 30 Awards is evidence of how mainstream the movement has become.

TikTok hosted an inauguration-eve bash for content creators, proving that the stigma around being MAGA on social media is gone

I think many women, exhausted by contemporary life, want to believe in a fantasy of a benevolent husband who leads (and magically makes all the right, most compassionate, most loving decisions) and a cherished wife who feels wholly content and at peace with her clearcut role in both marriage and life.

While the “trad” lifestyle presents itself as a free and open option to women, in reality it’s not for most adherents. Women choose it either after a lifetime of preparation for rigid gender roles, or after being backed into a chaotic corner desperate for a solution, or on the false premise that the lifestyle matches the promises.

If you’ve posted on Instagram about politics, you’re familiar with its impossible contradictions: posting something is wrong, but so is posting nothing. Posting with your own words is wrong, but so is reposting something without your own words. Posting while acknowledging your power is annoying, but posting without it is oblivious. You should cente... See more