Heather Wake

Heather Wake is an Upworthy Staff Writer based in Los Angeles.

Photo credit: @get_your_goat_rentals/TikTok, @nukkgirll/TikTok, @duhh.itskera/TikTok – Goats are the latest prom trend.

Internet, Pop Culture

Move over corsages—goats are this year’s coolest prom trend for high schoolers

Heather Wake

4/24/2023
Daniel Hatoum (left) and Sarah Chen with son Mills (right)

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Culture

Meet the second-generation immigrants who are helping protect your civil rights.

Sarah Watts

7/8/2026
Photo credit: Image via Unsplash – Plastic floating in the ocean

Nature, Science

A giant garbage patch floating in the ocean has become home to hundreds of sea creatures

Heather Wake

4/21/2023
Photo credit: @tjastone/TikTok, @twolostkids/TikTok – Best TikTok trend ever

Movies, Pop Culture, Popular

People are having way too much fun filming their lives like a Wes Anderson movie on TikTok

Heather Wake

4/21/2023
Photo credit: Holderness Family Laughs/Youtube – An introvert's defenses are no match for their chatty predators.

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Hilarious video films a day in the life of an introvert as a nature documentary

Heather Wake

4/21/2023
Photo credit: Lionsgate Movies/Youtube – Rachel McAdams in "Are You There God? It's me, Margaret"

Movies, Pop Culture, Popular

Rachel McAdams recalls taking a major break from acting at the height of fame to ‘stay sane’

Heather Wake

4/20/2023
Photo credit: “Still Watching Netflix”/Youtube – During an interview with David Letterman, Eilish began visibly having tics.

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular

Resurfaced interview clip shows Billie Eilish opening up about her Tourette Syndrome

Heather Wake

4/19/2023
Photo credit: Agnes Denes, The Shed/Youtube – "Tree Mountain" by Agnes Denes

Nature, Popular, Science

‘Tree Mountain’ is a giant man-made forest and living work of art with a powerful message

Heather Wake

4/19/2023
Photo credit: NEW CENTER Maine/Youtube, Rockland Maine Police Department/Facebook – Spider-Man might be involved in this story, but this woman is the true hero.

Heroes, Joy, Popular

Woman went out of her way to buy 3-year-old a bike after his was stolen, inspiring others to help

Heather Wake

4/19/2023
Photo credit: Faith Spoonmore/GoFundMe – Over $2.9 million dollars have been donated to help cover Ralph Yarl's medical expenses.

Democracy, Justice, Popular

Over $2.9 million raised in one day for Ralph Yarl, the teen shot after going to the wrong address

Heather Wake

4/18/2023
Photo credit: @fox26ruban/Instagram – Nicole Graham pulls a snake from within the engine body of a car

Internet, Pop Culture, Popular, Top Splash

Mom pulls the coolest move ever— sweet talking a snake as she wrangles it out of a car engine

Heather Wake

4/17/2023
Photo credit: @fourr_eyess/TikTok, @staytunednbc/TikTok – Be cool. Give blood.

Pop Culture

Blood donations to the Red Cross have increased by 40 percent thanks to viral Snoopy t-shirt

Heather Wake

4/15/2023
Photo credit: @dearmedia/TikTok – Mae Whitman credits her healthy childhood to her "gentle dad."

Celebrity, Pop Culture, Popular

Actress Mae Whitman credits being able to navigate childhood stardom to her ‘gentle dad’

Heather Wake

4/14/2023
Photo credit: “The Drew Barrymore Show”/Twitter, @carolineframke/Twitter – Host Drew Barrymore discusses childhood exploitation in Hollywood with Brooke Shields.

Internet, Pop Culture

Drew Barrymore and Brooke Shields have a no nonsense discussion about childhood exploitation

Heather Wake

4/13/2023
Photo credit: @blinkerthanks/TikTok – Leah filmed her ex-husband, Steve, proposing to his girlfriend, Shonda.

Family, Modern Families

Woman films her ex-husband proposing to his girlfriend in refreshingly heartwarming TikTok

Heather Wake

4/13/2023
Photo credit: @ThePediPals/TikTok – There are many, many milestones in a baby's development

Family, Parenting, Popular

Pediatrician goes viral after sharing the ‘secret’ milestones parents might be missing

Heather Wake

4/13/2023

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