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Wypipo Wite-Out: K-Pop Fans Use Social Media Privilege to Drown Out #WhiteLivesMatter Hashtags

We have to admit—#BlackOutTuesday didn’t go the way its originators intended. Though we tried to alleviate a bit of confusion with a quick explainer that morning, some of the spiraling was unavoidable and unfortunately, the intended message was lost in the muddled mess. However, today is a brand new day and a new opportunity to…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

June 3, 2020
Very Smart Brothas

Great Hashtags For All The Guys Who Weren't Able To Participate On #BigGuyTwitter Day

It’s Thursday, which means Black America is finally recovering from all of the thirst induced (and thirst exposed) Tuesday when #BigGuyTwitter — a celebration of unusually tall and large men — led to widespread digital dehydration. (And, just in case the parchedness hadn’t fully permeated, #BigGuyTwitter eventually led to #BigDickTwitter — which I will not…

By

Damon Young

Published

May 12, 2016
Very Smart Brothas

Shit Bougie Black People Love: 31. Unnecessary Hashtags

Bougie Black People are always doing things. In college, while the rest of their classmates were doing things like “listening to Sisqo” and “fucking on twin beds,” Bougie Black People spent the bulk of their time “writing spoken word poetry they’d never perform” and “vacillating between ‘hating White people’ and ‘dating White people.” As they transitioned…

By

Damon Young

Published

February 18, 2016