Joanna Sommer

Joanna Sommer is an editorial assistant at InsideHook. She graduated from James Madison University, where she studied journalism and media arts, and she attended the Columbia Publishing Course upon graduating in 2022. Joanna joined the InsideHook team as an editorial fellow in 2023 and covers a range of things from the likes of drinks, food, entertainment, internet culture, style, wellness — you name it. You can usually find her drinking an Aperol Spritz in Jersey or NYC. Send her an email, follow her socials — she loves to chat.

All Articles From Joanna Sommer

Should You List “Olive Oil” on Your Resume?

According to a viral post on X, it may or may not be the best hiring hack of 2026

On Your Next Date, Go Color Hunting

A viral post on X may have suggested the best date idea of the year

It’s No Secret Why Everyone’s Obsessing Over 2016

The surge of nostalgia on social media is about more than “Stranger Things” and Instagram filters

Why Is Everyone So Pissed About a Target Sweater?

A sweater with the phrase “Dump Him” is being promoted at Target. Some people are very unhappy.

What Are “Fan Edits,” and Why Is Gen Z Obsessed With Them?

People on TikTok can’t get enough, so we talked to a fandom expert

We’re Not All Losers: Some of Gen Z Is Less Weird About Drinking

In the thick of Dry January, we look at whether or not Gen Z is as sober of a generation as many people think

The 5 Worst Viral Moments of 2025

What does 6-7 even mean? And what exactly is the deal with Labubus?

You’re Letting Your Wife Down by Not Doing This on Christmas

Fill up your wife’s stocking this year — or else

The 25 Best Memes From a Seriously Unfunny Year on the Internet

AI slop and algorithm fatigue threatened to ruin our feeds this year. Thankfully, we had Montoya, Coldplay and Katy Perry.

Younger Generations Are Romanticizing the “Millennial Optimism Era” on TikTok

Raise your mustache-tattooed hand if you want to go back to the early 2010s

Should You Be Fighting With Your Girlfriend More?

Travis Kelce’s relationship statement on a recent "New Heights" episode is begging an important question

The Best Gifts to Give Gen-Z, According to Gen-Zers

What the young and restless really want this holiday season

What Is the “Bean Soup Theory” on TikTok?

Bean soup is sparking conversations about the rise of egocentrism

It’s a Quarter-Zip Renaissance

Gen Z men are all about quarter-zips, and they’re feeling very sophisticated about it

Is This the Grossest Couple’s Prank on the Internet?

It can also be used as a potential relationship test, apparently