Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

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BeReal, the QAnon queen, millennial discourse and "slow living"

Aug 27, 2022
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I’d rather BeFake, thanks

I wanted to love BeReal, the wildly popular, two-year-old photo-sharing app that launched a thousand think pieces this summer. By now, I imagine, we’re all well-acquainted with its shtick: Once a day, BeReal opens a two-minute posting window in which you must take a photo with your front- and b…

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