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after school weekend edition
Welcome back to After School Weekend Edition, a weekly trends debrief for paid subscribers. Your support keeps this newsletter going! 💫
Today we’re talking about:
Man or bear trend
Bottom teeth talker phenomenon
Glossier listened to its Reddit haters
Cowboy bobs
Jack Schlossbergcore
Gen Z’s hottest comedy show
“Watching from District 12”
Charged Lemonade Pink Whitney
Why pathetic men are this summer’s hottest accessory
Plus everything else that happened this week in youth culture and what I’m buying/reading/listening to. But first, my favorite TikTok of the week (sorry if you’ve already seen it, but I laughed so hard I cried):
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On Friday, I was on CNBC live — in studio for the first time! — talking about trends. Unfortunately, I look like I’m wearing my dad’s button-down, a split-second outfit decision that I have lived to regret. It was pouring rain, I was running late, etc.
I didn’t realize the cameraman would capture my lower half, or else I would not have been nervously fidgeting the whole segment. At least I did not show up in sweatpants.
Kelly Evans and I talked about Starbucks launching boba, the rise (and rise) of Pinterest, what will happen to creators if (when?) there’s a TikTok ban, and the current state of Gen Z spending. It was very fun, even if not everyone enjoyed it.
Speaking of Gen Z spending, I witnessed something in the wild yesterday that I haven’t stopped thinking about.