What words would you ban from use if you could? While I generally don’t approve of bans on free speech, I will admit there are a few words that get on my nerves a bit and I wouldn’t mind hearing less of… “Volumizing,” comes to mind, for example… Well, it turns out the people at […]
2014 was an amazing year for women and girls, and many of those things were reflected in Hashtags. The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, is a truly inspiring young woman, and her many accomplishments are touted across Twitter with the hashtag #Malala. At the ripe old age of 17, she has done more […]
Emma Watson, movie star, is apparently also Emma Watson, Thinking Woman and Feminist, and recently gave a speech at the United Nations calling on Men to declare their Feminism and used the Hashtag #HeForShe when they do it. #HeForShe took off like a rocket, along with views of the video of Watson’s speech, and soon […]
Television Networks have a problem: with so many options for watching TV online, via subscription services and on the audience’s own schedule and devices, how can they get people to watch the new shows on broadcast TV, when they actually air? Well, beyond the obvious answer of making the shows so good no one could […]
There are times when Hashtags are hijacked, like by spammers and those who wish to annoy or disrupt the story. But this Summer we’ve seen examples of turning a Hashtag into an altogether new narrative: your own. #IamJada and #IfTheyGunnedMeDown are two examples. Jada’s story was one of humiliation and abuse via social media, but […]
Twice a year, for the past 20 years at least, the TV networks trot out all their wares for the Television Critics Association, and the critics have at them. Stars, producers and network execs all come before this group of what was once a Print Empire to get some much-needed “ink” about their shows. I […]
Whether you’re a pet owner, about to get married, have a newborn, or feel like decorating your home or yourself, there is a Hashtag product out there for you. Probably plenty of them. A search of just 2 websites, Zazzle and Etsy, turned up these 20 Hashtag Gifts, which goes along with the list of […]
Even if you’re not a Soccer fan, you know that the FIFA World Cup games are taking place in Brazil. The matches will run through the middle of July and each country’s fans have taken to Twitter to cheer for their team, using 3-letter Hashtags like these: #CRC, #GRE, #MEX, #COL, #NED, #BRA, #UDN, and […]
CBS Daytime recently turned to Twitter to get their social media fans to vote on what games contestants would play and what prizes they would win on their iconic show, The Price is Right. Fans also got to vote on what outfits some of the guest stars would wear and even where host Drew Carey would […]
