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Today’s top stories ‘This is why you never use work equipment for anything other but work’: TikToker exposes the ‘creepy’ surveillance software in action that bosses use to spy on workers “Love is love,” he wrote in the video’s caption. In it, he jokes that he’s partnering with the Department of Homeland Security, Monsanto, and even the National Rifle Association. TikToker Tre Vayne posted a video on June 1-which had almost 45,000 views on Thursday-full of corporate Pride partnership jokes. The parody trend has made its way to TikTok, too. A year later, the video has almost 3.5 million views, and commenters shared that the advertisement brought them to tears. “The Old Gays are Unshakeable!” they say before describing the restaurant’s Pride shake. Suddenly, the four men are in front of a Shake Shack sign, all holding milkshakes. The video starts with each man explaining his coming out journey: being outed against their will, losing a parent at a young age, fearing coming out to parents, and the uncertainty that comes with exploring one’s identity. The surprise of the tweets seems to be in their striking similarity to real Pride Month ads, like a TikTok posted by The Old Gays, a group of four older queer men, in June 2021.
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“And that’s why this Pride month I’m partnering with Amtrak,” Aghi tweeted.Ī reply to Aghi’s tweet addressed the appeal of the phenomena itself. Krishna Aghi, a scientist and grad student, said that dealing with desirability politics as a trans woman of color “makes it so hard to get railed.” “That’s why this pride I’m partnering with GLAD trash bags,” Adler tweeted on June 2. “That’s why this pride month i’m partnering with Stanley Steemer the Carpet Cleaner-” Fellows’ tweet had almost 130,000 likes on Thursday.Ĭomedian Dylan Adler shared a similar story: He said he was bullied, called slurs, and thrown in a trash can for being gay. “They called me a ‘carpet muncher,'” Fellows tweeted. But I’ve realized life is short, which is why this pride I’ve decided to partner with Taco Bell, so I can Live Mas- katie jo(hantgen) June 1, 2022Īnother tweet comes from writer Maddy Fellows, who tweeted that she was bullied for dating a girl as a teenager. I’ve never officially come out as bisexual before, in part because I’m married to a straight man and I’m scared that people won’t take my bisexuality seriously. Jo asked Taco Bell to make a donation to the Trevor Project, a nonprofit that aims to prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth. On Thursday, Jo’s tweet had almost 160,000 likes on Twitter. “But I’ve realized life is short, which is why this pride I’ve decided to partner with Taco Bell, so I can Live Mas-“ “In part because I’m married to a straight man and I’m scared that people won’t take my bisexuality seriously,” Jo tweeted.
That night, she tweeted that she’s “never officially come out as bisexual before.” One of the first advertisement parodies posted on June 1 seems to be from Katie Jo, a TikToker and comedian. June 1 was the start of pride month and tweets started rolling in, all following a similar script: A queer person shares something-possibly fictionalized-about their past, identity, and/or coming out journey, and then reveals a fictionalized partnership with a brand. Queer folks are poking fun at corporations during Pride Month by parodying advertisements aimed at the LGBTQ community on Twitter and TikTok.