After the 2016 Presidential Election results came rolling through, Twitter users started using #NotMyPresident to show their disapproval of Donald Trump’s victory. Since the election, people have been taking to social media to refuse acknowledgement of President-elect Trump as their next Commander in Chief. Trump taps Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff & suspected white supremacist Stephen […]
Read more "#NotMyPresident Sparks Debate"Since November 9th, 2016 there has been an outbreak of emotions in response to the Presidential Election that was between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Some took the news of Trumps victory quite well: A wonderful win for #America congratulations President Trump @realdonaldtrump #PresidentElect #MAGA https://t.co/oVJlCVO1wt — Josh Gill (@imjoshGill) November 9, 2016 #CONGRATULATIONS 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸#PresidentElect […]
Read more "#PresidentElect"After the Presidential Election, one “blue state” has formed it’s own Twitter hashtag in support of a California succession from the Union. Although it sounds grandiose, many Californians feel very passionately about leaving the USA and demonstrators have taken to the streets in protest in addition to taking to the internet. Two opposing views I found interesting […]
Read more "Blog Post 3: #Calexit"When searching tweets with the hashtag #amazonecho I found many varying opinions on this groundbreaking piece of technology. Much of the recent conversation involved people comparing the Amazon Echo to the new Google Home. While some people are staying loyal to their Echos, others are purchasing the Google Home in order to compare the two smart devices. The […]
Read more "What do people think about Amazon Echo?"The #DakotaAccessPipeline refers to the constant tension in favor and against the $3.7 million pipeline project close to the Native Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The pipeline project would carry over 450 thousand barrels of oil from North Dakota to Illinois, where it would connect to other pipelines. There are mostly two sides […]
Read more "#DakotaAccessPipeline"On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. People took to Twitter to express their surprise and emotions, and many of them used #POTUS to enter into discussion about the future president of the United States. Some of Donald Trump’s supporters were happy about the results, and […]
Read more "The Presidential Election and #POTUS Reactions"A video of men reading mean tweets sent to female sports writers was posted yesterday. This has created a large discussion on Twitter because some of the tweets were so disgusting. There has been a conversation under #MoreThanMean. Most of the responses are supporting the women and discussing how important it is for men and […]
Read more "Women sports writers face harassment on Twitter"#NYC you fuckin blew it!! #UpstateNY was #feelingthebern you let us fellow new yorker down… #NYPrimary #HillaryClinton — charlie camp (@coolhandschuck) April 22, 2016 It tickles me that Berners still insist that #Bernie has more "enthusiastic" voters and "momentum" after losing #NYPrimary — Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) April 21, 2016 There's no enthusiasm for Hillary. Righhhhht. […]
Read more "#NYPrimary"The hashtag #BlackGirlMagic has been used for the past few years to comment on the beauty, power, and resilience of Black women. There’s no official definition, but it’s widely used in a celebratory and uplifting way. If it had to be defined, however, it would be known as “a term used to illustrate the universal […]
Read more "#BlackGirlMagic"Singer Erykah Badu (@fatbellybella) made comments Twitter on April 11, stating that she agreed with a ruling that said that high school girls needed to wear longer skirts. There was an article ruling that high school girls lower their skirts so male teachers are not distracted. I agreed because… — ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) April 12, 2016 […]
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