Jerk November 2021

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BITCH OPINION

In Bitch, we write all about our juciest opinions — lord knows we have a ton of them.

THE COMEBACK OF YIK YAK

I’m gonna yak. The Yak is bak. No rules, no regulations, the Yik Yak app is the latest and greatest (?) late 2000s trend to be making its way back on college campuses. For those of you who apparently live under a rock, Yik Yak is a social media app that allows people to anonymously post messages that any user within a 5-mileradius is able to see and reply to. The app first launched in 2013 and was all the rage for infinity-scarf millennials during their college years. Red flag number one, tbh. Of course, this once-again popular app raises the question of anonymity — where do we draw the line? Anonymity can be good, even great, in cases like anonymous reporting of instances of SA and other violent crimes. It allows survivors the freedom to report their experiences without fear of retaliation by their attacker. This comes back to bite, though, when it comes to

Words by: Megan Adams Art by: Marisa Goldberg

the abundance of name dropping, triggering messages, and even threats on anonymous apps. With absolutely no regulation whatsoever, Yik Yak threatens to astronomically expound

TW: Mentions of SA.

cyberbullying incidents, especially within campus communities.


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