Tag: social media culture

The Real Cost of “Looking Rich” on Social Media

The Real Cost of “Looking Rich” on Social Media Somewhere along the way, social media stopped being about sharing your life and became about staging one. Now every scroll feels like a competition: luxury brunches, airport selfies, designer shopping bags, “soft life” vlogs, expensive skincare routines, bottle service, luxury apartments, and girls in matching satin […]

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Sbahle Mpisane fires back at trolls mocking her permanent injury

South Africans are no strangers to heated social media debates, but every now and then a story cuts through the noise and forces a pause. This week, Sbahle Mpisane found herself at the centre of one of those moments after responding publicly to trolls who mocked her permanent injury. Mpisane, who has spent years rebuilding […]

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Kendall Jenner says she is natural and the internet is not convinced

Kendall Jenner denies cosmetic surgery claims, and the internet pushes back For a family that built a global empire on sharing everything, there has always been one subject the Kardashian-Jenner universe treats like a myth. Cosmetic surgery. It is acknowledged in whispers, brushed off as contour, or framed as puberty doing its thing very late […]

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Mihlali Ndamase’s Viral Fart Video Returns and Mzansi Has Thoughts

A blast from the past—and the internet lost it It’s not every day that a clip from two years ago resurfaces and sends a wave of chatter across Mzansi. The latest to catch fire is a video featuring popular beauty influencer and content creator Mihlali Ndamase. In the clip, she passes gas on camera—something she […]

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