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celeb, celebrity, clever, funny, government, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of state, Social Media, text, texting, tumblr
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has become the hottest thing on tumblr this week thanks to Text From Hillary. If you haven’t seen the links floating around facebook or twitter I highly recommend you check it out.
The tumblr takes a photo of the sunglasses-clad, all business Hillary Clinton checking her cellphone on a military plane and captions it against another celebrity or political figure “texting” her back. The concept is simple and brilliant, and also extremely hysterical. (My personal favorite features Anna Wintour, the editor of Vouge. Click here to check it out)
But yesterday the co-creators of the site, Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe, were presented from a surprising guest submission. Hillary Clinton herself! Clinton and her staff have said that they find the tumblr hilarious and her own submission pokes fun at the creators.
I know in the past that the public has been reluctant to finding out that our world leaders are actually up on there pop-culture (Obama’s comment on the Kayne West/Taylor Swift VMA incident anyone?) But I think it’s nice to know that our politicians and government know what’s happening in the regular world. Hopefully people can take a lesson from “Hillz” and learn to embrace the creative people around them.
APA Citation:
Fitzpatrick, A. (2012, April 10). Yes, Secretary Clinton submitted her very own ‘Text From Hillary. Retrieved April 10, 2012, from Mashable website: http://mashable.com/2012/04/10/hillary-clinton-text-from/
Image by joe.ross
Retrieved from flickr.com
I’m not really sure what tumblr even is, but after reading this article and looking at the page, I found it hilarious. It shows that people really do have a lot of time on their hands to make up these stupid funny pictures and captions just to make people laugh. I love that Hillary was able to find this amusing and come to visit the creators of tumblr and show them her funny side too. It does show that politicians and world leaders are into technology and they aren’t afraid to let their guard down a little to have a good laugh at themselves or even someone else.
My friend linked this to their Facebook page yesterday and I read through them for like half an hour. This tumblr page is BRILLIANTLY funny. Hilary Clinton’s picture kind of reminds me of Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. I think it’s awesome that the creators were able to get feed back from the secretary of state.
I’m a fan of Hilary Clinton and so when I saw a friend post a link to this tumblr on Facebook, I had to check it out. I think that it’s so funny, and even funnier that “Hillz” checked it out herself! Clinton responding to the Tumblr so positively just shows that she is a real person and can poke fun at herself, opposed to her more serious side the the press shows most of the time. Sure, as the Secretary of State she needs to be serious, but it’s nice to know that “Hillz” can make a joke.