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"One of the most controversial issues that has taken place over the past few weeks is the incident that happened aboard a flight with United Airlines on April 9th, 2017. On this day, a paying customer was asked to leave Flight 3411 after the airline had overbooked in order to make room for United Airlines […]
Read more "Twitter is Not United Over This Recent Controversy"Thousands march across the country to urge Trump to release his finances. Like many of the marches and protest that took place in the past year, the idea manifested with a simple tweet. Let's plan a nationwide #DivestDonald and #showusyourtaxes protest for Saturday, April 15 https://t.co/Wo9DY9eEGP — Jennifer Taub (@jentaub) January 22, 2017 Jennifer Taub, Law […]
Read more "Show US The Money"On April 15th, the national deadline to file taxes, Americans marched through cities across the country to demand that President Trump release his tax returns. He has notoriously refused to release them, despite all passed presidents doing so. Marchers and supporters used #TaxMarch to celebrate the cause on Twitter, while some users used the hashtag to […]
Read more "#TaxMarch Calls For Transparency From President Trump"On April 9th 2017, United Airlines faced a PR crisis when videos of a man being dragged off of a plane went viral. Doctor dragged unconscious because #UnitedAIRLINES overbooked flight, their apology is worse. via @hasanthehun pic.twitter.com/odWUhorWAk — The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) April 11, 2017 I am flying with United on a 25-hour flight to […]
Read more "When A Social Media Incident Leads To A Boycott"