Caitlin Dewey

Culture bloggerWashington, D.C.

The latest from Caitlin

Some students are angry that even when they hit 5,000 or 10,000 tweets, finals weren’t called off.

  • May 12, 2014

She’s the Internet’s most perfect human meme -- and its most damning commentary,

  • May 12, 2014

Maybe that’s cause for concern.

  • May 12, 2014

A collection of hilarious, fascinating and otherwise clickable things you may have missed this week.

  • May 9, 2014

Maybe we love the idealized, filtered world on our screens so much that reality doesn’t suffice.

  • May 9, 2014

The 10th installment in a weekly series that debunks the Web’s hoaxes, rumors and exaggerations.

  • May 9, 2014

Some say it’s lazy. Some say it’s meddling. One sure thing? So-called hashtag activism gets results.

  • May 8, 2014

“We Heart It” has 30 million monthly active users. Most of them are teenage girls.

  • May 7, 2014

Model legislation currently under review would set up consistent laws for digital inheritance.

  • May 7, 2014

“Don’t panic,” Abby replied -- the viral dance move isn’t dangerous.

  • May 7, 2014

@VineFights is blowing up. But what’s the psychology behind retweeting someone else’s pain?

  • May 7, 2014

Facebook already knows everything you do online. Now it wants to know what you do offline, too.

  • May 6, 2014

Remember Mandy Moore? No Doubt? Lenny Kravitz, before he was in movies? (Lindsay Lohan, before she was out of them?)

  • May 6, 2014

New prosthetics have made active life possible for many with injuries and congenital defects​.

  • May 5, 2014

Alas, there are no state secrets or spy instructions here.

  • May 5, 2014

Gawking is gross, no matter the medium.

  • May 5, 2014

Today marks the start of “screen-free week,” a chance for children and families to “unplug.”

  • May 5, 2014

“I’m so exhausted/aloof/overwhelmed at this cool/glamorous/enviable event!”

  • May 4, 2014

As if we needed further reminder that the WHCD juxtapositions can be a little, well, weird.

  • May 4, 2014

Whether you thought McHale was hilarious or hateful, one thing’s for sure: He wanted blood.

  • May 4, 2014
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About Caitlin

Caitlin is a social media reporter on the Digital Audience team. Before joining the Post, she was an associate online editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. She has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic and other publications.