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April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Have you heard of it? If you haven’t, you’re not alone.
First, a relevant disclaimer: article is written by a white woman who comes from a place of privilege, and I’d love for any non-white individual to contribute their opinions on jazz if they so wish. The last thing I want is to accidentally come off as any sort of Damien Chazelle white savior character.
The Tramp Stamps are that band whom the internet loathes right now. Their social media presence alone provides an indication as to why these women are being ruthlessly cyberbullied on TikTok.
But cringy lyrics and auto tuned vocals would be tolerable if they were the band’s only offense. Beyond overt marketing strategies that have yet to fool a soul, this band’s general aesthetic, lyrics and themes give a sinister impression of anti-feminism via the caricature method.
Social media has recently narrowed in on specific ways that women can act to put other women down—see “the pick me girl” or “the girl who wants your boyfriend/chill girl” trends of TikTok. But before society became self-aware, there was Acacia Brinley, at the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time.
Internalized misogyny has been the enemy of women for as long as society has been dominated by men, but the girls on Instagram and Twitter were so cruel and unrelenting from 2012-2015 that their actions seem monstrous today.
Twitter user @Shyyloo isn’t the only person to ever voice this opinion, but they made sure to be loud when they did it, so we can address their befuddlement directly.
“Women be like don’t objectify my body unless I want you to,” @Shyyloo tweeted.
Correct. Yes. And thankfully, despite 903 people liking this tweet for what are probably the wrong reasons, Twitter user @jodieegrace went viral for her reply.
“Look who just discovered consent,” @jodieegrace tweeted. She earned well over 34k likes for this tweet. Good. At least a solid chunk of Twitter users agreed with the educated take on this issue.
If you’re a person who spends a chunk of their day scrolling the internet, primarily on the TikTok app, you might’ve heard the rumor that there are vampires roaming the streets of New York. TikTok account @SomethingAboutVampires is an account that has gone viral, with over 47.1k cumulative likes on two of their major vampire TikToks, for spreading the word. So, what’s the deal? Are there really vampires in New York City?
No matter your taste in music, you’ve surely heard the name Taylor Swift. Over the course of her career, Taylor Swift has gone from a naive teenage girl with blonde curls and a guitar to a powerful global pop sensation. Some things, though, have stayed the same: her passion for music and songwriting and her commitment to making it sound as good as she can.
Adobe, the company used for editing and countless other essential computer programs, has come under fire recently as claims of their exorbitant prices and methods of entrapping users to long term plans without their knowledge have come to light.
A Twitter post started the wave of anti-Adobe posts as a user showed a picture of a $291 cancellation fee for ending their Adobe plan early and soon after, hundreds of people shared similar stories of their issues with Adobe.
Yeah, so this article is in direct response to some of the comments that popped up on the social media posts mentioned in this article.
Full disclosure, since you’d probably notice this even if I didn’t directly admit it, I personally condemn the people or person who decided to deface the mural painted in tribute to George Floyd and the BLM movement on the Greek Tree in Sturges Quad. I personally condemn racism, sexism, transphobia, xenophobia, homophobia and any other form of hatred towards or oppression of minority groups. I am an advocate for human rights and equality.
Though run through the English department, the Geneseo writing contest is open and welcoming to every type of writing, be it creative or analytical, from any program across campus. The deadline for this contest is 4 p.m. on April 15, so you still have time to submit for the chance to win a Geneseo writing award.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Have you heard of it? If you haven’t, you’re not alone.
First, a relevant disclaimer: article is written by a white woman who comes from a place of privilege, and I’d love for any non-white individual to contribute their opinions on jazz if they so wish. The last thing I want is to accidentally come off as any sort of Damien Chazelle white savior character.
The Tramp Stamps are that band whom the internet loathes right now. Their social media presence alone provides an indication as to why these women are being ruthlessly cyberbullied on TikTok.
But cringy lyrics and auto tuned vocals would be tolerable if they were the band’s only offense. Beyond overt marketing strategies that have yet to fool a soul, this band’s general aesthetic, lyrics and themes give a sinister impression of anti-feminism via the caricature method.
Social media has recently narrowed in on specific ways that women can act to put other women down—see “the pick me girl” or “the girl who wants your boyfriend/chill girl” trends of TikTok. But before society became self-aware, there was Acacia Brinley, at the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time.
Internalized misogyny has been the enemy of women for as long as society has been dominated by men, but the girls on Instagram and Twitter were so cruel and unrelenting from 2012-2015 that their actions seem monstrous today.
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. Have you heard of it? If you haven’t, you’re not alone.
First, a relevant disclaimer: article is written by a white woman who comes from a place of privilege, and I’d love for any non-white individual to contribute their opinions on jazz if they so wish. The last thing I want is to accidentally come off as any sort of Damien Chazelle white savior character.