Stop Asian Hate
We were gutted by the news of more AAPI hate leaving 8 people dead in Atlanta on Tuesday. If you're feeling the same anger and frustration in the pit of your stomach today, and looking for a way to take action, check out some great resources from GOLD HOUSE and CAPE for a plan to to weed out hate and plant seeds of understanding here. You can also take this bystander intervention program that Shuyu on our team flagged for us. There are different degrees of involvement you can have as a bystander who speaks up, depending on your comfort level, so there really and truly is a way for all of us to be part of the solution and stop anti-Asian hate and harassment.
—Neha Gandhi, EVP, Digital & Strategy
To those of you who took advantage of the most innovative and brilliant idea in all of Hollywood (I’m talking about MoviePass, obviously), and are missing the days of endless theater viewing...good news might be coming your way. Maybe. On Tuesday, the company mysteriously updated this website with the text “the movie is about to start” and a countdown set to end on Monday, March 22. According to Variety, former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe has no idea what the countdown might mean. Curiouser and curiouser.
But whatever ends up happening, I love the drama of it all and remain somewhat hopeful that one day soon, we’ll all get to see as many movies in theaters as our hearts desire, for the low, low price of $9.99 a month.
Most regular readers of this email probably know that I spend a decent amount of time on TikTok every week—curating the best videos of the platform for you all, of course. Once of the things I’ve been noticing lately is how much real estate the platform gives to the issues that we all should (and likely do) care about—more than any other social media site.The first thing you probably saw if you perused the Discover page any time this week was an initiative to stop AAPI hate crimes, with one section on learning resources, one on amplifying AAPI creators, and another on how to take action. The platform has also explicitly created space for Black voices during Black History month, and is running a similar program for Women’s History month as well.
With all of that being said, of course, my favorite videos on TikTok from the week. This video accurately depicts an average morning of anyone who listens to The Daily, and this one hilariously portrays what getting robbed might look like in the world of Gen Z.
—Darlene Kenney, Marketing Assistant
