Welcome to Stirring the Pot, a column by Dan Q. Dao that dives deep into the intricacies of food and lifestyle culture. From niche food scenes to inescapable industry trends, Stirring the Pot marvels at all the world’s dinner dishes, Cheeto dust and influencer cocktails. Back in 2013, when Instagram was barely a year old,…
It’s wild to think that only 15 years ago, the landscape of dating looked quite differently to how it does now. Dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, Grindr and Bumble were still in their basement germination phases and online dating websites that hit the World Wide Web in the early aughts hadn’t fully shaken their sticky…
Everyone’s an influencer these days, but how many who rep that ubiquitous title can claim to have ever influenced anything? Sure, they may have zombied out a dance trend or helped to make some big red boots momentarily chic. But Blizzy Mcguire, the 22-year-old tweet genius, TikTok prophet and rising fashion it-girl has truly influenced…
