Sabrina Carpenter covered Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” for BBC Radio One Live Lounge; Taylor Swift fans celebrate Scooter Braun's retirement announcement; and they say Gen Z aren’t girlbosses…
TIKTOK IS COPYING INSTAGRAM AGAIN WITH WHEE, theverge
TikTok parent company Bytedance is quietly testing a new app explicitly positioned as a platform for sharing photos with only your closest friends. “Capture and share real-life photos that only your friends can see, allowing you to be your most authentic self,” according to Whee’s Google Play description. Given that Gen Z’s main gripe with Instagram is the pressure that comes with posting on the grid, this app seems engineered with young people in mind.
THE SECTION 230 SUNSET ACT WOULD CUT OFF YOUNG PEOPLE’S ACCESS TO ONLINE COMMUNITIES, teenvogue
Extremely interesting to see Teen Vogue publish an op-ed in defense of the 230 Sunset Act, notably the same act mentioned in yesterday’s Rolling Stone piece about Snapchat’s teenage opioid crisis and how the company has managed to evade liability due to this very legislation.
STEM STUDENTS REFUSE TO WORK AT GOOGLE AND AMAZON OVER PROJECT NIMBUS, wired
Thousands of STEM students from more than 120 universities have signed a pledge to not take jobs or internships at Google or Amazon until the companies end their involvement in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services and infrastructure to the Israeli government.
GEN Z WANTS JOBS THAT HELP SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS BUT HAS NO IDEA HOW TO GET THEM, businessinsider
Gen Z is widely considered to be the most climate-conscious generation, with nearly two-thirds saying they want a "green" job within the next five years, but according to LinkedIn analysis, only 1 in 20 Gen Z workers have "green" skills like measuring carbon emissions; building solar, wind, and electric vehicle projects; reducing waste; or protecting water quality.
EUROPE’S ‘FOREIGNERS OUT!’ GENERATION: WHY YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE FAR RIGHT, politico
Many of Europe’s Gen Z and younger millennials, “whose parents and grandparents espoused left-wing politics, ushering in the sexual revolution in the 1960s,” are reverting to far-right ideals. Factors such as the cost-of-living crisis, the COVID lockdowns, and the spread of conservative content on social media contribute to this shift.
IT'S EASY TO BELIEVE YOUNG VOTERS COULD BACK TRUMP AT YOUNG CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE, npr
NPR interviewed a dozen young people at the “People’s Convention,” run by Turning Point USA, one of the largest national organizations focused on engaging students on conservative issues, who attended the event in support of Trump — and “to party, young conservative style.” According to 20-year-old James Hart:
“His personality is what got my family to say. ‘Hey, you know, maybe the Democrats aren't the greatest,’” he said. “Honesty is the best policy. And up here in the Midwest, we're honest. We say it like it is. And Trump did that.”
Now, as Hart gets ready to vote for the first time, his mind is made up.
“I think most young people are going after Trump-like candidates,” he said. “We want the fire. We want the passion. We're tired of the same old, same old. We want bold policy that actually is going to lead with results.”
GEN Z FEARS A MILITARY DRAFT BECAUSE OF TIKTOK MISINFORMATION, rollingstone
Misinterpretation of a bill currently making its way through Congress has led TikTokers to believe that mandatory military service will soon be instated for young men in the U.S. Cardi B was among those who think a draft of Gen Z men could be imminent; “Good luck with that,” she said in an Instagram video. “You gonna die.”
One last thought:
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that teen vogue op-ed has got to be one of the most empty-headed things i’ve ever read
I'm a Gen Z worker employed in environmental consulting. I think the most important part of the report is this: "Gen Z cites the main barriers to securing a green job as a lack of available job opportunities (63%), a lack of experience (45%) and a lack of green skills (40%) ... Gen Z is confident in their abilities to learn new green skills, with 8 in 10 (78%) saying that they could pick up these skills if they were offered training." It comes back to the available (and desirable) opportunities.
As a side note, "green" skills and jobs are so nebulous. I'd be interested to see what LinkedIn chose to include vs. exclude. City planners? Bicycle repair techs? Landscapers? HVAC techs?