#TagsThat Shaped2017

event page calling for a march on Washington after Trump’s inauguration.

#covfefe

In late May, President Trump took to his official Twitter handle once again to share his regular political updates, reminding us how important spell checking is and draw in a global community of trolls and meme kings (and queens).

On May 31, just after midnight, the President tweeted “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”. According to CNN, by 4.00 a.m. the unfortunately misspelled tweet gained over 108,000 retweets and 135,000 likes. “Covfefe” (pronounced “cuv-feyfey”) , a misspelling of “coverage” was left for more than six hours before being deleted. The mistake however was embraced by social media becoming a #1 trending hashtag and inspiring a slew of jokes, slurs and of course memes, including an existential tweet by the President and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer who maybe one of the select few who are permitted to know its true meaning.

#MeToo

The powerful movement was born amidst the allegations of rape and sexual harassment by Hollywood film-maker Harvey Weinstein which through a domino effect exposed several other high profile predators and sparked a movement that is bulldozing its way into 2018.

The global movement initially began through American activist Tarana Burke in 2007, but was rekindled last year as a hashtag #MeToo and has since become a global movement against sexual violence and abuse and is encouraging men and women to share their stories of abuse and harassment. It was followed into the new year with new movements such as #TimesUp and an almost entirely black red carpet at the Golden Globe awards as celebrities donned the singular colour to raise awareness and reveal hints of a powerful future for the movement.