In May 2019, popular YouTube beauty guru Tati Westbrook released a 43-minute-long takedown video of her former mentee James Charles, sparking one of the biggest in YouTube history. Among other claims in the video, Westbrook accused Charles of predatory behavior toward straight boys. Fellow beauty creator Jeffree Star backed her up on Twitter, saying that … Continue reading The Messy, Influential World of YouTube’s Tabloid Journalism