Tuesday night, the freelance writer and the activist behind the #NotYourAsianSideKick trend, Suey Park, started another brilliant hashtag: #ActivistPickUpLines.
For this Valentine's Day- I give you #ActivistPickUpLines.
Suey Park@suey_parkFollow
For this Valentine's Day- I give you #ActivistPickUpLines.
07:40 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
Park, 23, told BuzzFeed that the hashtag was inspired by a student she met at the Asian Pacific American Awareness conference at the University of California, Irvine, who joked, "I'm down for the struggle and the snuggle."
Park said the hilarious hashtag showed that activists can also "be cute and funny" and not just "cold-hearted feminists."
She said she found dating to be hard for activists because for people like her "love is not about sacrifice and scarcity but about equality, justice and community."
Park said, in her experience, it is easier for activists to date one another because others would not understand when "you have to attend a street protest at night."
For instance, on her birthday, Park made her partner accompany her to a Trayvon Martin rally.
She is spending this Valentine's Day at meetings organized to resist the One Billion Rising project.
Following Park's lead, several people started contributing to the hashtag and got it trending. Here are some of the most hilarious tweets from #ActivistPickUpLines.
Oops got bored and accidentally trended #ActivistPickUpLines.
Oops got bored and accidentally trended #ActivistPickUpLines.
08:14 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
1.
I'd invite you over to my place, but I don't believe in private property. #activistpickuplines
Samwise@SamwiseEyesFollow
I'd invite you over to my place, but I don't believe in private property. #activistpickuplines
08:35 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
2.
Let's take this protest to my place #ActivistPickUpLines
Lisabeitu@LoolabetteFollow
Let's take this protest to my place #ActivistPickUpLines
07:44 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
3.
I hadn't experienced real privilege until I met you. #ActivistPickupLines
Aamer Rahman @aamer_rahmanFollow
I hadn't experienced real privilege until I met you. #ActivistPickupLines
08:36 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
4.
Would you like to redistribute resources by taking me out to dinner?#ActivistPickUpLines
Would you like to redistribute resources by taking me out to dinner?#ActivistPickUpLines
07:42 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
5.
I'm a socialist in the streets but an anarchist in the sheets. #ActivistPickupLines
Bri Stormer@BriStormerFollow
I'm a socialist in the streets but an anarchist in the sheets. #ActivistPickupLines
08:09 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
6.
Yes, it's ALL organic. Wink ;) #ActivistPickupLines
Raquel E Saraswati@RaquelEvitaFollow
Yes, it's ALL organic. Wink ;) #ActivistPickupLines
09:43 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
7.
I'll stand in solidarity with you. Can I hold your hand too? #ActivistPickUpLines
Joseph Guthrie@TheAuracl3Follow
I'll stand in solidarity with you. Can I hold your hand too? #ActivistPickUpLines
07:48 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
8.
Come and occupy my bed, we can be the 100%. #ActivistPickUpLines
Gabby Wong@WhatWent_WongFollow
Come and occupy my bed, we can be the 100%. #ActivistPickUpLines
07:54 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
9.
I'm underrepresented. In your pants. #activistpickuplines
Sabina Giado@SabinaGiadoFollow
I'm underrepresented. In your pants. #activistpickuplines
09:52 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
10.
THe only privilege I'm interested in is spending time with you #ActivistPickUpLines
Jesse Tzeng@thetzengFollow
THe only privilege I'm interested in is spending time with you #ActivistPickUpLines
07:53 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
11.
My feminism is inclusive, especially of you. #ActivistPickUpLines
GenderTerror.com@WolferflyFollow
My feminism is inclusive, especially of you. #ActivistPickUpLines
07:59 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
12.
Baby, I got 99 problems and the oppression faced by your community that disallows us from being together is one of them #activistpickuplines
Sana Saeed@SanaSaeedFollow
Baby, I got 99 problems and the oppression faced by your community that disallows us from being together is one of them #activistpickuplines
10:26 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
13.
I hope you don't find this too forward, but I'm a firm believer in direct action. #ActivistPickupLines
I hope you don't find this too forward, but I'm a firm believer in direct action. #ActivistPickupLines
10:39 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
14.
Is that a rolled up secular,minority rights-protecting constitutional draft in ur pocket,or are u just happy to see me? #ActivistPickUpLines
Hend@LibyaLibertyFollow
Is that a rolled up secular,minority rights-protecting constitutional draft in ur pocket,or are u just happy to see me? #ActivistPickUpLines
11:00 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
15.
Hey bby, I just found out our shirts were manufactured in unfair working conditions; let's take them off. #activistpickuplines
Andy@yumbrainsFollow
Hey bby, I just found out our shirts were manufactured in unfair working conditions; let's take them off. #activistpickuplines
12:38 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
16.
Race and gender aren't the only things about to get intersectional tonight! #activistpickuplines
Race and gender aren't the only things about to get intersectional tonight! #activistpickuplines
09:48 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
17.
Is that a chemtrail or am I in a love fog? #ActivistPickUpLines
Dr.JuNa@DrJ512Follow
Is that a chemtrail or am I in a love fog? #ActivistPickUpLines
01:02 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
18.
Hey I just met you, but calling something "crazy" stigmatises the mentally ill so check ur privilege and call me maybe #ActivistPickUpLines
Salman Shaheen@SalmanShaheenFollow
Hey I just met you, but calling something "crazy" stigmatises the mentally ill so check ur privilege and call me maybe #ActivistPickUpLines
10:14 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
19.
Somebody get me a human rights lawyer, 'cos being without you is cruel and unusual punishment. #ActivistPickUpLines
Somebody get me a human rights lawyer, 'cos being without you is cruel and unusual punishment. #ActivistPickUpLines
12:25 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
20.
Are you down for the struggle AND the snuggle? #ActivistPickUpLines
Are you down for the struggle AND the snuggle? #ActivistPickUpLines
07:46 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
21.
I don't wanna stop protesting...but you're absolutely arresting #ActivistPickUpLines
pdxPinay@pdxPinayFollow
I don't wanna stop protesting...but you're absolutely arresting #ActivistPickUpLines
12:36 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
22.
Baby, I fell for you bell hooks, line, and sinker. #ActivistPickUpLines
Mandi Harris@MandiHarrisFollow
Baby, I fell for you bell hooks, line, and sinker. #ActivistPickUpLines
08:29 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
23.
you must be a white Marxist dude trying to write about intersectionality, because you are all class! #ActivistPickUpLines
Mike Joffe@joffeoramaFollow
you must be a white Marxist dude trying to write about intersectionality, because you are all class! #ActivistPickUpLines
08:49 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
24.
Baby I don't use chlorofluorocarbon, but I bet you and I can still turn up the heat. #ActivistPickUpLines
Evan Townsend@EvanTownsendFollow
Baby I don't use chlorofluorocarbon, but I bet you and I can still turn up the heat. #ActivistPickUpLines
01:09 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
25.
damn girl, are you an ally, cause i just wanna give you this cookie #ActivistPickUpLines
Alex Eichler@AJEichlerFollow
damn girl, are you an ally, cause i just wanna give you this cookie #ActivistPickUpLines
01:09 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
26.
"How bout we take this movement in the streets to a movement in the sheets." #ActivistPickUpLines
Alexis Nicole@ThatNiggahPastyFollow
"How bout we take this movement in the streets to a movement in the sheets."
01:06 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
#ActivistPickUpLines
27.
Let's erase these borders and negotiate a one-state solution. #ActivistPickupLines
Let's erase these borders and negotiate a one-state solution. #ActivistPickupLines
10:03 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
28.
So do you want to make it official and co-author a paper together? #ActivistPickUpLines
So do you want to make it official and co-author a paper together? #ActivistPickUpLines
07:54 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
29.
You're hotter than global warming. #ActivistPickUpLines
Adam Hudson@adamhudson5Follow
You're hotter than global warming. #ActivistPickUpLines
09:54 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
30.
"My preferred gender pronouns happen to be 'us' and 'we.'" #ActivistPickUpLines
Bhaswati Chattopadhy@BhaswatiChatFollow
"My preferred gender pronouns happen to be 'us' and 'we.'" #ActivistPickUpLines
07:54 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
31.
If you're asking for action, my answer is affirmative #ActivistPickupLines
Jerome@readJeromeFollow
If you're asking for action, my answer is affirmative #ActivistPickupLines
08:50 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
32.
So which of the two vegan restaurants owned by community members should we go out to? #ActivistPickUpLines
So which of the two vegan restaurants owned by community members should we go out to? #ActivistPickUpLines
07:48 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
33.
We ain't gotta worry 'bout leaving carbon footprints ..when we're horizontal! #ActivistPickUpLines
Jason Mercredi@thunderdrums75Follow
We ain't gotta worry 'bout leaving carbon footprints ..when we're horizontal!
01:04 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
#ActivistPickUpLines
34.
How would you like to park your privilege at my place tonight? #activistpickuplines
Bernadette Wagner@thereginamomFollow
How would you like to park your privilege at my place tonight? #activistpickuplines
01:04 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
35.
I don't mean to drone on and on but you made a strategic strike straight to my heart. #ActivistPickUpLines @RaniaKhalek @irevolt
I don't mean to drone on and on but you made a strategic strike straight to my heart. #ActivistPickUpLines @RaniaKhalek @irevolt
01:00 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
36.
Rose are red. Violets are Blue. Smashing the patrirarchy makes me super attracted to you. #ActivistPickUpLines
Rose are red. Violets are Blue. Smashing the patrirarchy makes me super attracted to you. #ActivistPickUpLines
07:51 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
37.
We've had a run-on discussion for 36 hours this week and I think you're really attractive #ActivistPickUpLines
The Poly Pagan@FalccFollow
We've had a run-on discussion for 36 hours this week and I think you're really attractive #ActivistPickUpLines
12:59 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
38.
I don't know about you, but all my feelings have reached consensus. #ActivistPickupLines
I don't know about you, but all my feelings have reached consensus. #ActivistPickupLines
08:26 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
39.
Hey girl, you've made my kill list. I'm taking you out this Valentine's Day #ActivistPickUpLines (by @irevolt)
Rania Khalek@RaniaKhalekFollow
Hey girl, you've made my kill list. I'm taking you out this Valentine's Day #ActivistPickUpLines (by @irevolt)
12:58 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
40.
You're so pretty, it isn't Freire. #ActivistPickUpLines
Jaime-Jin@jaimejinFollow
You're so pretty, it isn't Freire. #ActivistPickUpLines
08:06 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
41.
Hey girl, how about I make YOU a sandwich? #ActivistPickUpLines
Extra F Terrestrial@ExtraFKawaiiFollow
Hey girl, how about I make YOU a sandwich? #ActivistPickUpLines
07:57 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
42.
Of course you're beautiful. I don't believe in colonized standards of beauty. #ActivistPickUpLines
Of course you're beautiful. I don't believe in colonized standards of beauty. #ActivistPickUpLines
08:28 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
43.
You're at the top of my progressive stack. #ActivistPickupLines
You're at the top of my progressive stack. #ActivistPickupLines
08:24 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
44.
#activistpickuplines
M.Hamror@MHamrorFollow
#activistpickuplines
01:41 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
45.
Is the climate changing? 'Cause it just got hot up in here. #ActivistPickUpLines
Joseph Tomaras@epateurFollow
Is the climate changing? 'Cause it just got hot up in here. #ActivistPickUpLines
08:22 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
46.
Three strikes and you're in. #ActivistPickupLines
MostDeaf@SnoozeActiveFollow
Three strikes and you're in. #ActivistPickupLines
08:22 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
47.
Ayy girl lemme boost your cause. #ActivistPickUpLines
Dani@xodanix3Follow
Ayy girl lemme boost your cause. #ActivistPickUpLines
08:15 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
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Radical intimacies will sustain our movements. #ActivistPickUpLines
Radical intimacies will sustain our movements. #ActivistPickUpLines
08:14 PM - 11 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
49.
Is that an uplifted picket sign, or are you just happy to see me? #ActivistPickUpLines
Randall Walker@deadorcsFollow
Is that an uplifted picket sign, or are you just happy to see me? #ActivistPickUpLines
10:47 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
50.
Baby you must been tired cause you've been marching for equality in my mind all day #ActivistPickUpLines
Baby you must been tired cause you've been marching for equality in my mind all day #ActivistPickUpLines
09:27 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
51.
You had me at "Hell no we won't go" #ActivistPickUpLines
Brad Abraham@NotBradAbrahamFollow
You had me at "Hell no we won't go" #ActivistPickUpLines
11:44 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
52.
Girl---sorry, girl is belittling. Woman---too patriarchal. And sorry I assumed you identify as female. I'll just go. #ActivistPickUpLines
Heretic Husband@HereticHusbandFollow
Girl---sorry, girl is belittling. Woman---too patriarchal. And sorry I assumed you identify as female. I'll just go. #ActivistPickUpLines
07:47 AM - 12 Feb 14ReplyRetweetFavorite
CORRECTION: Suey Park will not spend Valentine's Day at the One Billion Rising demonstration. An earlier version of this post misstated this. (2/12/14)
