Watchdog Moms and Karaoke Mode

“we’re young, we’re scrappy"

Spotify launched a new karaoke mode; Marc Jacob’s latest runway show was appropriately dystopian; the new cool thing to do is to get a nose job reversal; IV vitamin drips are popular again; and meet Conan Gray, a budding pop singer who feels it all.

GEN Z TIKTOKERS ARE MAKING CASH COOL AGAIN, bloomberg
As someone who hasn’t had cash on me in, like, six months, this is astounding to me: Not only is Gen Z more likely to pay with cash than people aged 25 to 44, but 45% of Gen Z respondents prefer cash for everyday purchases, with 33% of those saying they feel like they have more control when they use cash.

GEN Z IS INFLUENCING THE ABORTION DEBATE — FROM TIKTOK, wapo
“We are not afraid to do things that other organizations probably wouldn’t do,” 18-year-old founder and executive director Aidan Kohn-Murphy said. “We’re young, we’re scrappy…we’re disrupters.”

SWEARING OFF MEN AND AVOIDING INTIMACY: GEN Z RECONSIDERS SEX IN THE WAKE OF A POST-ROE WORLD, insider
It's not a fear of men, exactly, that has inspired this young woman to consider swearing off an entire gender; it's the heightened fear of an unwanted pregnancy — and a subsequent lack of options.

'WATCHDOG MOMS' ON TIKTOK ARE TRYING TO KEEP MINORS SAFE, cnn
A small group of parents have taken it upon themselves to flag issues ranging from the sharing of exploitative videos to more routine concerns about the oversharing of photos and personal information about children online.

META, TIKTOK COULD FACE CIVIL LIABILITY FOR ADDICTING CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA, wsj
Social media companies could be sued by government attorneys for features that allegedly harm children through addiction under a first-in-the-nation bill that cleared a crucial vote in the California state Senate late Tuesday. Activist Larissa May told lawmakers that at one point during college, she was spending more than 14 hours a day in one social media app.

One last thought:

Tess Malone @temalone

Tfw you go on titkok and learn Gen Z doxxed all of scotus.