In this week's episode, we discuss TikTok creator Tinx and her tweets that have resurfaced from 2012-2020. We dive into Tinx's background and how she catapulted to viral fame. We go into how her old problematic tweets got exposed, the internet's reaction, and share her apology and the various explanations (excuses?) she's made for them. We explore the questions: Why was the backlash against Tinx so severe? Should we still be cancelling people over past tweets? And do we think this is the end for Tinx's online career?

Timestamps:

12:55 Elon Musk buys Twitter

18:08 Quen Blackwell reignites concern around her former relationship with Diplo

22:58 Tinx's tweets: TikTok's "big sis" comes crashing down

26:00 Tinx's background

29:11 How Tinx grew her TikTok following and why people love her

36:24 What happened with the tweets?

45:34 Tinx's apology

49:43 The resurfaced tweets to cancellation pipeline

57:26 General response to Tinx’s apology 

1:06 Tinx addresses 2020 tweets in IG AMA

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Resources:

https://centennialbeauty.com/quen-blackwell-diplo-tiktok/ 

https://centennialbeauty.com/tinx-resurfaced-tweets-fatphobic-xenophobic/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/11/tinxs-field-guide-for-rich-moms-and-bad-boyfriends

https://www.vogue.com/article/tinx-tik-tok

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/sophie-ross-with-the-pop-culture-roundup-the/id1482820355?i=1000557906946

https://www.reddit.com/r/tinxsnark/comments/u8p50v/collection_of_old_tweets_as_requested/

https://sophieross.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-tinxs-old-tweets?s=r