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EVERY GENERATION GETS THE ALCOHOLIC NOVELTY BEVERAGE IT DESERVES
Millennials had Four Loko; Gen Z has BuzzBallz. (RELATED: Why ranch water is the drink of the summer.) vice
HOW TIKTOK PERSONALITIES ARE MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES BY DELIVERING NEWS TO GEN Z
But should we (ok, teens) really be getting the news from someone whose “professional experience is limited to a few internships at TV news stations”? wapo
TIKTOK IS THE PLACE TO GO FOR FINANCIAL ADVICE IF YOU’RE A YOUNG ADULT
22-year-old self-taught options traders are the new financial advisors. wsj
THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN TIKTOK
Gen Z, as a whole, is buying what “religious influencers” are selling. Taking these three stories together, TikTok influence is obviously impossible to overstate — and it’s a little scary — but is it really any different than Instagram’s influence a decade ago, or Facebook’s before that? bustle
TEEN GIRLS’ POOR DIETS ARE WORRYING DOCTORS
About 80% of adolescent girls consume less calcium a day than recommended. Maybe it’s time to bring back Got Milk? ads. wsj
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