“We’re doing a full-year campaign with them as the face of the brand. We have created content with them for everything we do.”— Shai Eisenman, beautyindependent.com
“The images sparked an outpouring of support from fans, who speculated the woman in the photograph may be the star's girlfriend.”— Safeeyah Kazi, newsweek.com
“Can anyone, any single one, can anyone shut the fuck up about anything, any single thing? Can any single person shut the fuck up about any single thing for an hour? Is that possible?”— Bo Burnham, buzzfeednews.com
“Relatability is rewarded, but at what cost? Because now I'm sharing so many personal details about myself with six million people, who can in turn, weaponize that and use it against me.”— Brittany Broski, papermag.com
“You could argue mediocrity is even aspirational — the person who doesn’t feel the need to constantly improve themselves is likely far more self-possessed and well-adjusted than the people who do.”— Rebecca Jennings, vox.com
“TikTok is a sign of the future, which already feels like a thing of the past. It is the clock counting down our fifteen seconds of fame, the sound the world makes as time is running out.”— Barrett Swanson, harpers.org
“It's unclear whether Charles will face repercussions from his sponsors, but he's already lost one gig with YouTube.”— Kat Tenbarge, insider.com
“65 percent of “anti-vaccine content” on Facebook and Twitter originated from twelve influencers within the anti-vaxxer movement.”— Matt Binder, mashable.com
“I thought, like, I’m not really talented or anything, so maybe I just need to try and offend as many people as possible to get money.”— Trisha Paytas, vulture.com
“Support them now and always—follow, like, comment, and tag the brands who you would love to see work with them. We have the power to make a difference, and use our voice to amplify others.”— Cristina Montemayor, verygoodlight.com
“People do not seem to appreciate the commentary she's making with her yarn colors.”— Tanya Chen, buzzfeednews.com
“Some influencers are going to extreme lengths to get their skin camera-ready amid this daunting new technology.”— Bianca Lambert, huffpost.com
“Caroline Calloway hasn’t done or written anything worthy of all the media attention she’s receiving. She’s not a criminal, or a scammer, or even a particularly good writer. She’s just a privileged twenty-something-year-old woman with an artsy, aesthetically pleasing Instagram.”— Kirby Davis, miamistudent.net
“The idea that she thought nice penmanship might sexually sway a boy fills me with tenderness.”— Megan Angelo, nbcnews.com
“To constantly preach about introspection but then lean into being a “self-obsessed mess” so much so that you put it on a hat not only says that you might not have enough respect for yourself to put distance between you and the descriptor, but also that you know that you’re allowed to be that way. Mo…”— Opheli Garcia Lawler, mic.com
“Meet the unfluencer, the person who makes me want to do the opposite of whatever she’s doing and throw out whatever I already own that she has posted about.”— Marisa Meltzer, thecut.com
“70% said that they trust the opinions of influencers as much or more more than their real-world friends; 78% said they trust influencer opinions more than traditional ads, and more than half said they consider the influencers they follow to be an extension of their circle of friends.”— Gavin O'Malley, mediapost.com
“Her followers then began to question if the bottle of Smartwater was intentionally placed beside her as she was lying on the pavement.”— Tanya Chen, buzzfeednews.com
“The Scam is a scam, and its winking self-referentiality serves in the end to do nothing much more than to gloss over that it is, in fact, a scam, perpetuated by someone who, probably like a lot of the people who attended the event, has a hard time meeting their rent.”— Anna Iovine, vice.com