As the guy who runs theCHIVE social media, I spend a lot of time on X (formerly Twitter). Sometimes I’m shocked by what the algorithm feeds to me when I’m logged in as @thechive. With that in mind, I present to you some highlights from our feed that were forced upon me. Thank you, computers.
Part of what makes L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Ozsuch an enduring story—providing inspiration for countless other books, movies, television shows, musicals and beyond—is its compelling, dynamic, self-possessed female characters…which is all the more impressive when you remember that women weren’t even allowed to vote at the time of Baum writing it. And […]
CNN anchor Don Lemon has also left the platform.
Potentially igniting the latest front in the ongoing discourse war over sexually explicit content in film and movies (and whether the up-and-coming generations are too boring to think it kicks ass), a new study from the University of California’s Los Angeles’ Center for Scholars & Storytellers suggests that younger viewers are getting ever more weary […]
Back in the summer of 2020, a cruel prank began circulating on TikTok that showed how the popular social media platform can be used in some of the oldest forms of bullying. Dubbed the #NewTeacherChallenge, parents shared cruel videos of them telling their kids that they have a new teacher, showing the kids the face […]
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Life just loves to throw curveballs our way. If it seems like things are kicking along smoothly, you probably get that uncomfortable ache in the pit of your stomach that everything’s about to get shaken up in one way or another. It just seems to be the natural course of life. We can always count […]
