There Are No Girls on the Internet

Is TikTok becoming a dystopian QVC? (w/ PrettyCritical)

Is it just me or are ads everywhere on TikTok right now? Welcome to TikTok Shop. Is this the new normal? TikTok creator PrettyCritical joins Bridget to discuss. Follow Pretty Critical: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@prettycritical?lang=en">https://www.tiktok.com/@prettycritical?lang=en</a> Teens are trying to cash in on the TikTok Shop gold rush between classes: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-shop-teens-high-school-open-how-to-make-money-long-deliver-us-rcna102788">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-shop-teens-high-school-open-how-to-make-money-long-deliver-us-rcna102788</a> The Junk Is Winning TikTok’s experiment in shopping has quickly become another place to hawk products: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/10/tiktok-shop-cheap-products/675761/">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/10/tiktok-shop-cheap-products/675761/</a> TikTok cashing in on sale of counterfeit cosmetics and prescription skin creams: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/23/tiktok-cashing-in-counterfeit-beauty-products-skin-gels">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/23/tiktok-cashing-in-counterfeit-beauty-products-skin-gels</a>  TikTok Forced to Close Shopping Feature in Its Second-Largest Market: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/business/tiktok-shop-indonesia-ecommerce-ban.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/business/tiktok-shop-indonesia-ecommerce-ban.html</a> HERE’S HOW TO BLOCK TIK TOK SHOP: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thomasgermain/video/7270529252703898922?lang=en">https://www.tiktok.com/@thomasgermain/video/7270529252703898922?lang=en</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.