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#MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo
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About
#MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo[1] is a Twitter hashtag used with humorous tweets describing various activities that a person does not want his or her female significant other to partake during courtship.
Origin
While the origin of #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo[1] is currently unknown, it first appeared as a worldwide trending topic[2] on June 3rd at 7:20 p.m. (EST). According to Topsy Analytics[3], the hashtag was used 155,300 times that day. Some of the earliest examples of the tweets were posted at 9:30 p.m. (EST) by @ShuggNotSuge[4], who used the hashtag 22 times that night.
Spread
By June 3rd, at 10:40 p.m. (EST), #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo became the #1 worldwide trending topic and remained visible on the list through the following day. Also on June 4th, compilations of the tweets were featured on The Frisky[5] and The Daily Beast’s Women in the World[6], both criticizing the misogynist nature of a number of the tweets. However, as the Frisky pointed out, a number of people were attempting to co-opt the tag to point out inequalities between men and women (shown below). Meanwhile, Tumblr user bedussey[10] compiled eleven tweets from the hashtag into a photoset, which gained more than 153,000 notes within 48 hours and was featured on the site’s curated LOL tag. According to Topsy analytics[3], the hashtag was used 392,489 times on June 4th.
Over the next two days, collections of #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo tweets were featured on dating site How About We[7], collegiate message board Tiger Droppings[8] and men's humor site The Chive.[9] On June 6th, a link to the Frisky article was submitted to the /r/TwoXChromosomes subreddit[11], gaining 8 points and 6 comments in five hours.
Notable Examples
Derivative: #MyBoyfriendNotAllowedTo
On June 4th, the complementary hashtag #MyBoyfriendNotAllowedTo[12] began to circulate on Twitter, spawning similar jokes about things that people didn't want their boyfriends to do. Although it didn't garner as much attention as the original hashtag, #MyBoyfriendNotAllowedTo briefly became a worldwide trending topic[13] with 228,687 mentions, according to Topsy analytics.[14] Tumblr user awkwardnigerian[15] compiled a number of these Tweets into a photoset, which gained more than 48,000 notes in 48 hours.
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External References
[1] Twitter – Tweet Results for #mygirlfriendnotallowedto</a.
[2] Twee.co – #MyGirlFriendNotAllowedTo was popular on Twitter
[3] Topsy Analytics – Analytics for #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo
[4] Twitter – @ShuggNotSuge
[5] The Frisky – The Best (Worst) Of The #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo Tweets
[6] Women in the World – Sexist Hashtag Trending
[7] How About We – The Least Offensive #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo Tweets
[8] Tiger Droppings – #mygirlfriendnotallowedto is currently trending on twitter
[9] The Chive – The ‘#mygirlfriendnotallowedto’ hashtag is getting some hilarious results (15 Photos)
[10] Tumblr – so #mygirlfriendnotallowedto is currently trending right now, which we all know is incredibly stupid, but here are some gems
[11] Reddit – The Best (Worst) Of The #MyGirlfriendNotAllowedTo Tweets
[12] Twitter – Tweet results for #MyBoyfriendNotAllowedTo
[13] Twee.co – #myboyfriendnotallowedto was popular on Twitter
[14] Topsy Analytics – Tweet statistics for #myboyfriendnotallowedto
[15] Tumblr – It's the girls' turn
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