Ads As a frequent TikTok user, I’m no stranger to scrolling past ads that pop up on my feed. The second I see that small grey button on my screen that says “ad”, I simply swipe my thumb across my screen and move on. However, many content creators have been, I suspect, paid to advertise certain TikTok shop products. These products range from clothes, workout gear, hygiene products, and more. These types of ads are given away by the orange icon of a shopping cart with the product listen next to it above the caption. Now, advertising isn’t something new.…
-
-
Women or Birds? A new word has recently been adopted from British and Australian diction by TikTok and has gained a large amount of popularity. This word, once used to refer to women or girls, has been demoralized. It is now used to describe women who are perceived as dumb and ditzy, and who center their lives around men; women who constantly talk about their crushes, make large sacrifices for men, and generally focus all their attention on attracting or impressing men. Women like this gain the fancy new label of “bird.” At first, I thought this was a good…