I often think in today’s society Wikipedia is a pretty good measure of relevance. If “pictures or it didn’t happen” is a thing, then certainly it is also true that “Wikipedia or it doesn’t exist” is also a thing. If someone asks a question about a place, topic, event, or often even a person, and google doesn’t return a Wikipedia page in the first few results you start to wonder: if that pace or event is real, wouldn’t it be on Wikipedia? But I digress, the point is while this is often how we think, that does not mean it is always a valid thought, especially when it comes to emerging trends or ideas. But I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Hashtag Activism does in fact have its own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag_activism , and it is pretty informative. It includes information on the history, stating “the oldest known mention of the term is from The Guardian in 2011,” noteable examples, including #BlackLivesMatter, #IdleNOMore, #NODAPL and #YesAllWomen,
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