ICYMI - Is TikTok Giving Teen Girls Tics?
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🗓️ 23 October 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Why have so many young women developed tic disorders during the course of the pandemic? Well, apart from the obvious pandemic-related stressors, TikTok could be a big part of it. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison talk to science journalist Maddie Bender about her report for Vice unpacking this medical mystery. They discuss the correlation between exposure to Tic Tok, a subculture on TikTok where influencers share videos of their tic-related symptoms, and the rise of young women who have developed tic-like behaviors. Though social media could be a trigger for this phenomenon, they’ll discuss if TikTok could also be a part of the solution.
Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Derek John, and Samira Tazari.
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| 0:00.0 | I quote finding Nemo all the time, and I haven't even watched it in the past like three years. |
| 0:06.6 | It's a baby penguin, caught an iceberg. I think we all know where that's from. |
| 0:13.6 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. And I'm Madison Malone Kircher. You're listening to I see YMIMI in case you missed it. |
| 0:19.5 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:21.7 | We're going to kick things off today with a DM we got from a listener that I, I simply cannot ignore. |
| 0:28.2 | Rachel, I'm sorry, in advance. |
| 0:29.7 | Oh, God. |
| 0:30.4 | I don't want to know what's coming. |
| 0:33.3 | MJ writes, I just want y'all to know that I fully support Madison rapping the Naked |
| 0:38.2 | Mulrat song. |
| 0:39.2 | Of course you pulled this one out. |
| 0:41.1 | Of course you pulled this fucking DM out. |
| 0:44.1 | Anyway, keep going. |
| 0:45.5 | It is my prerogative. |
| 0:46.7 | It is my right as a host. |
| 0:51.0 | MJ goes on to say, now it's up to Rachel to keep up with the singing of a nostalgic banger of her own. |
| 0:57.0 | Can you hang? |
| 0:58.1 | Cast it or it didn't happen. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm sorry. |
| 1:00.5 | I didn't realize that we were throwing down challenges in the DMs now. |
| 1:04.8 | I thought that the DMs were for us to get fun little TikToks and ideas for the show. |
| 1:09.7 | I would say this is a fun little idea for the show. I feel like I said so many times on the show that I am not musically inclined. I don't care. Rachel, the people have asked. Wait, no, I have to think about a nostalgic banger. I have to think about it. I have to think about it. You don't have to think that hard. I already know what you're going to pick. |
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