Our First Public Reading, TikTok Takes, Public Memorials, and more

Happy Monday! 🌧 Today, a special series on TikTok that examples some of the phenomenon percolating on

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Happy Monday! 🌧 Today, a special series on TikTok that examples some of the phenomenon percolating on the platform, plus the problem public monuments appear to have in representing women.For our latest podcast episode, we dug into our archives to bring you the original audio recording of our first-ever Hyperallergic reading back in 2015. It features John Yau, Jillian Steinhauer, Allison Meier, Ryan Wong, and others reading their own work. If you’re a longtime reader, I bet you’ll really enjoy it.Are you a Hyperallergic member yet? 😉– Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Hyperallergic’s First-ever Public Reading

The first-ever Hyperallergic IRL event back in 2015 (photo credit Hrag Vartanian)

On June 23, 2015, we hosted our first-ever live reading event, which took place at Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood.Hyperallergic Weekend Editors John Yau and Albert Mobilio read their poetry, writers Marisa Crawford and Ryan Wong read pieces that were among our favorites from that year, while two Hyperallergic veterans Allison Meier and Jillian Steinhauer read some of their own writing.

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TikTok Takes

On Twitter, Frogs Were Mostly Nazis, On TikTok, They’re Often Queer How frogs, more recently seen as a symbol of hate on Twitter, are being queered by TikTok users. Caleb Pershan

One Flew Over the TikTok Nest A look at how some healthcare professionals on TikTok are using the platform to cultivate a healthy conversation about mental illness. Dani Grande

“Hahahahahaha” Can Be No Laughing Matter on TikTok How one South Asian popular song, which was recently popularized on TikTok, is raising questions about cultural appropriation online. Thomas Heaton

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Seeing the Bigger Picture on Public Memorials to Women Recent works, including monuments to Mary Wollstonecraft and Medusa, demonstrate that it’s not that women have a problem with public monuments; it’s that public monuments have a problem with us. Sonja Drimmer

A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Brooklyn, Florence, MA, Los Angeles, and Nassau, NY. Hrag Vartanian

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