Archive - Pause The Scroll

Reflecting on Hot Girl Summer

From Megan Thee Stallion to social media’s perfection trap

Jun 3 •

May 2025

The rage against women's gym outfits

How TikTok debates over sports bras and biker shorts reveal deeper cultural tensions

May 13 •

December 2024

We need to talk about astroturfing

“It Ends With Us,” more like it ends with trust

Dec 30, 2024 •

Chick-fil-A instead of Break-Fast bagels

My very Gen Z relationship with religion

Dec 16, 2024 •

September 2024

Stop perceiving me!

Instagram updates, Rousseau, and a yellow sundress

Sep 13, 2024 •

August 2024

What my social media detox made me realize about TikTok

Camp gave me a lot of things, one of them being a brain rot reprieve

Aug 21, 2024 •

June 2024

The lost art of small talk: A Gen Z perspective

What happens to a generation when our communication skills are deteriorating?

Jun 12, 2024 •

Skinny girl summer is back

It's rough out here

Jun 10, 2024 •

May 2024

Influencers, I don’t want to hear your geopolitical takes

Please no more performative activism for PR

May 30, 2024 •

The morally gray ethics of giving your kid a weird name

Commentary on family vlogging

May 23, 2024 •

This is Pause The Scroll.

May 16, 2024 •

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