What ON EARTH is a ‘Skibidi Toilet’? Understanding Gen Alpha’s Weirdest Obsession

Hi! I’m Monica, a senior Communication and Film major at Fairfield University and IAFM intern to the lovely Chris & Paola. This month, for my Children as Media Consumers class, I was assigned to research a children’s television show or media outlet for one of my senior final project, and I decided to go big. Like, toilet-headed-human-singing-absurdly-into-the-camera big. I chose Skibidi Toilet, the viral YouTube series that’s supposedly “rotting kids’ brains,” and I was fully prepared to hate it. Instead? I was fascinated. No, I’m not a parent (not even close), BUT I believe that my research might be beneficial to all you parents out there that might know what I’m talking about…