TikTok Is Turning Teenagers Into Breadwinners in the Age of COVID
TikTok is offering many Gen Zers hurt by the government s heavy-handed policies a free market setting where they can thrive.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
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TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing social network that was nearly banned by President Donald Trump, became a hot sensation in the summer of 2020 during the dog days of the pandemic.
With lockdowns disrupting lives all around the globe, many of us first heard of the app after a series of “nurses of TikTok” shared their intricate dance moves while patiently waiting for COVID-19 patients to flood emergency rooms. But after lockdowns had made irreparable damage, destroying small businesses across the nation and leaving countless children mentally unstable after being locked up in their homes through the school year, those who were either sent home indefinitely or forced online found a new use for the video-sharing platform.
The most exciting theater now is a figment of our imagination
Zachary Pincus-Roth, The Washington Post
Dec. 22, 2020
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1of5Artist Brandon Hardy created masks for a musical version of the movie Ratatouille that fans devised on TikTok last month.Brandon HardyShow MoreShow Less
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4of5In the spring, Mary Neely portrayed every character in a lip-synced version of the opening song to Beauty and the Beast. She filmed it herself and posted it on Twitter.Mary NeelyShow MoreShow Less
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Emily Jacobsen insists that she was just warbling a bit of nonsense while cleaning her apartment this summer. She didn t intend to create a fake musical about a rat who bakes vegetables.
Dixie D’Amelio’s Net Worth at Age 19 Is the Least Relatable Thing I’ve Seen
Guess it’s time for me to become a TikTok star! Dec 16, 2020
Hi there, time to learn about yet another teenager who’s richer than we’ll ever be, thanks to TikTok! I’ll give you a moment to weep softly into a pillow. Kay, cool, now let’s turn our attention to Dixie D’Amelio, the sometimes controversial sister of Charli D’Amelio and fellow member of Hype House. Her age? 19. Her net worth? More than I can mathematically comprehend right now and she pretty much accrued