TikTok Whiplash and Coastal Fisherman

after school weekend edition

Welcome back to After School Weekend Edition, a not-so-brief trends debrief for paid subscribers. Your support keeps this newsletter going!

Today we’re talking about:

• The TikTok ban that wasn’t

• High Sport for men

• The continued rise of corpcore

• Girls are already shopping for spring break (plus what they’re buying)

• Plastic surgery having a vibe shift

• Glossier superfans are furious

• The scourge of “f*ck-ass” bubble headbands

• Two new dating apps all over my feed

• The “since we’re all gonna die, there’s one more secret I feel like I have to share with you” meme

Plus everything else that happened in style, beauty, and culture and what I’m buying, reading, and listening to. But first, my favorite TikTok of the week:

@brynleeexoWHAT THE HELLLLLL 🗣️‼️🙏‼️

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Last night, I woke up on the couch, phone in hand, mid-TikTok scroll. Not the first time this has happened, but it could very well be the last, or at least that’s what I thought to myself after I tried to refresh my feed and got the dreaded pop-up: “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now,” the message read.