TikTok’s “hopecore” trend manufactured internet cheer. That is, until users turned on it. Videos labeled #hopecore once symbolized an unrelenting optimism for internet doomscrollers. The clips offered ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born on TikTok and now spreading across every corner of social media, Hopecore is less a trend and more a collective exhale. It’s ...

If you’ve spent any time scrolling through the infinite algorithmically generated short-form video on social media, you’ve likely come across Evan Lo’s music. Characterized by soaring guitar tones and ...

As the first generation to grow up fully submerged in internet culture, Gen Z—folks born between 1997 and 2012—are aware of the duality of social media’s negative effects and its necessity in everyday ...

Wanting was enough. For me, it was enough to live for the hope of it all. If there are any TikToks I am hoping to see at least once on my “For You” page every day, it’s the “Hopecore” videos that have ...

Garbage pollutes the internet like a New York curbside nowadays. Social media is devolving into a wasteland of conspiracy theories, ragebait, disinformation, and sponcon. Celebrities are rug-pulling ...

In a world that frequently feels overwhelming and uncertain, the new Internet cultural movement, popularized on platforms like TikTok and centered on the celebration of kindness, community, and joy in ...

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 ...