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Be Well Philly

Life Unfiltered: Why I Opened Up About My Cancer Scare on Social Media

“I’m tired of hiding,” I say aloud to nobody. I’m alone on a travel assignment, scrolling Instagram in my room and thinking about how frustrating […]

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City Life

Philly Today: Main Line Mom Racks Up 40 Million Views for Adorable Back-to-School Video

Ardmore Mom’s “Terrible Sandwich Video” Goes Viral on TikTok You know when a bunch of people seem to be obsessing about some silly video making […]

A Facebook comment made by Philadelphia real estate agent Sivan Ilamathi in which he insulted the family of Ori Feibush
City Life

Realtor Wars: Keller Williams Fires Agent Who Trolled Ori Feibush’s Family On Facebook

Ori Feibush has his fair share of haters, whether it’s City Councilperson Kenyatta Johnson or opponents of gentrification or just disgruntled tenants. Having haters comes […]

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City Life

The Curious Case of Roxborough’s Nazi Flag

Last Friday night, Roxborough’s main community Facebook group overflowed with fierce debate over a singular photo: A Nazi flag. The flag had been spotted hanging […]

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City Life

I Thought Making Money as an Instagram Momfluencer Would Be Easy

About a year ago, I fell deep into the rabbit hole of perfect motherhood on Instagram. I found myself awake well past midnight, unable to […]

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Be Well Philly

Real Philly Therapists on the Worst Mental Health Advice and Trends They’ve Seen on TikTok

TikTok, the minute-long video app that pairs sharable background audio with viral dances, comedic skits, cooking and DIY tutorials, real-life scary stories and more, has […]

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City Life

Sea Shanties — Yes, Sea Shanties — Are Making a Comeback, Thanks in Part to This Delco Teen

Luke Taylor was 17 when his voice dropped from a normal teenage register to a deep basso profundo. “I freaked out my family,” he recalls […]

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City Life

Pour One Out for the PA Treasury Twitter Account

No one should ever be subjected to the jokes, quips or musings of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups on Twitter. Unfortunately for us, the marketing consultants […]

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City Life

A Troubling Number of PA Voters Believe in Bonkers Conspiracy Theories

From the department of “things that should concern you if you’re a citizen of a democratic polity that’s having an election in a few days,” […]

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City Life

How Gritty (and His Entourage) Made it Okay to Laugh Again

This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. When the pandemic […]

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City Life

Three Philadelphians Using Their Social Media Platforms to Effect Real Change

This article was published as part of our list of the 76 most influential people in Philadelphia. See the full list here. In a year […]

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City Life

Internet Calls Death at South Philly Playground a Lynching, Relatives of Deceased Say Otherwise

There are two things that everybody agrees on about the death of Allen Mikell. One is that he breathed his final breath at Capitolo Playground […]

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City Life

FactCheck.org’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the Golden Age of Misinformation

At a time when we’re surrounded by both more information and less certainty about its accuracy than ever, Kathleen Hall Jamieson is on the front […]

Be Well Philly

Philly Health Experts Turn to Social Media to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation

With COVID-19 social distancing measures in full effect, it might be starting to feel like it’s just you and Siri against the world. Many of […]

City Life

These Philly Sports Stars Are Crushing It On TikTok

One of the extremely trivial but also kind of sad things about our present moment is that there are no sports. This is a problem […]