ICYMI: Dance Challenge TikTok Is on Strike

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🗓️ 3 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Black dance creators on TikTok are sick of white influencers stealing their work without credit. Now, they have collectively refused to choreograph dance challenges for the app’s latest trendy hit, Megan Thee Stallion’s new song, “Thot Shit.” On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison discuss the origins of this strike, the ineptitude of white dancers trying to create their own dances for the song, and how empty TikTok is without these Black creators. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Yeah, we're on strike.
0:33.4	We're not making a dance for thought shit, sorry, we're not making a dance for it, we just
0:37.6	go and let them keep flailing.
0:40.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Madison Malone-Curture.
0:46.7	You're listening to ICYMI.
0:48.6	In case you missed it, Slates podcast about internet culture.
0:53.1	Madison, how are you feeling today?
0:56.4	I know that scene in the Devil's Proto where Emily Blanc gets it cold.
1:00.0	Mm-hmm.
1:01.0	Yes.
1:02.0	I have that cold.
1:03.0	Oh, no.
1:04.0	Um.
1:05.0	And I can't be sick because I'm wearing Valentino by wearing Valentino, I mean, recording
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