In light of the recent shooting in San Bernardino, the one that left elementary school teacher Karen Smith and one of her 8-year-old students dead, the #WhyIStayed has become ever so important. Smith married her eventual killer, Cedric Anderson, in January but left him after the relationship became untenable. The hashtag also played a critical […]
Read more "Twitter Is A Home For Everyone, Literally Everyone"On April 10, San Bernardino experienced its second tragedy in less than 18 months, as a shooter open-fired on his estranged wife, leaving three dead. Following the shooting, the hashtag #SanBernardino surfaced on Twitter, as messages of sadness and positive thoughts poured in; however, amidst this, two main topics arose for discussion…was the shooting newsworthy because of […]
Read more "There’s always two sides to a hashtag"So if you have not heard of the show 13 Reasons Why by now I presume you live under a rock with no access to Netflix or any form of social media. In the off chance that you are one of those people, essentially the show consists of 13 episodes in which Hannah Baker reveals […]
Read more "#13ReasonsWhy"Each year, the Masters is one of the most anticipated tournaments of the entire season. Although the U.S. Open is arguably a better tournament on both the difficulty and excitement scale, the Masters marks the beginning of the major season, making it just as much fun to watch. Over the pasts few seasons, Jordan Spieth […]
Read more "The Masters (If You’re Not A Golf Fan, Move On)"Essence magazine recently released its may issue cover revealing its list of 100 woke women. The issue sparked the start of the #Woke100 hashtag trending on Twitter. The hashtag was widely used by Twitter users, exemplifying mixed reviews and encouraged a since of community surrounding this groundbreaking issue. In the words of @fatbellybella, we stay […]
Read more "#Woke100 Trending"We all know 2016 has been a tumultuous year, from the Apoca-Election to a string of deaths from heroes and celebrities alike. The one tragedy no one predicted to divide the country (not on the color of a dress) was the 2016 Election. The candidates, vastly different, issues, couldn’t have been more dire, and the constituents, […]
Read more "How #MAGA Divided Twitter"As this Tuesday, April 18th, is Tax Day, marches broke out across the U.S. today as citizens demanded for President Trump to release his tax returns and install a more fair tax system — one that doesn’t “cut taxes for millionaires, billionaires, and giant corporations on the backs of working Americans,” according to taxmarch.org. From D.C. […]
Read more "Unpacking the #Taxmarch: A National Movement"This season of RuPaul’s Drag Race has been eventful from the start. From switching networks to adding a previously eliminated 14th queen to the slew of celebrity guest judges, #DragRace has been very active since the season 9 premiere two weeks ago. After the most recent episode, most of the content of #DragRace revolves around the elimination of Charlie […]
Read more "Start your engines….."The hashtag I looked up was #dogsvscats. Its an old question that will never go away, “Are you a dog person, or a cat person?” I turned to Twitter to find out what they thought. As you know, memes are practically their own language, and David of twitter thought that would be an effective way […]
Read more "Dogs vs. Cats"So last night, it happened: HBO’s Girls ended. A show that has been with me since my freshman year. Watch a special message from @LenaDunham and Allison Williams before the series finale of #Girls, in less than 2 hours on @HBO. pic.twitter.com/7Vz27pb6S7 — Girls (@girlsHBO) April 17, 2017 The show has never been the most […]
Read more "Goodbye to HBO’s Girls"