Quick punctuation lesson:
Hyphen (-): connects two words
En-dash (–): indicates a range, e.g. 2–8
Em-dash (—): Ahhh, you seek to understand its ways, weary traveler. Nay, behold! This dash provides to you whichever function you most require. You need only listen as it whispers…
FUN FACT—us Bangladeshi women 🇧🇩 have collectively raised $100K+ for #COVID19 relief work in BX, BK + Qns. We’ve helped thousands of families thru @BXMutualAidNtwk, Qns Mutual Aid & Bangladeshi Undocumented Families Fund 🙌🏾 don’t ever doubt Bangladeshi women’s ability to organize
i love brooklyn. i'm taking this leap for our brooklyn.
when @planetzainab & i met for this profile, i cried a lot (i'm still so very emotional & terrified of this unknown path to 2021). i'm also powered up. deep, bellowing laughs through & through.
https://t.co/MwPYjTqEZ9
Em-dashes are the most beautiful punctuation in existence, and should be used whenever one wishes to yoke two thoughts together, delay a conclusion, double down on an example, or encourage the reader to look longingly out their window at the landscape beyond
@hiwildflower This masterpiece - where even these images evoke a nostalgia, a longing - for something that isn’t even mine but belonging more to my father. A gentle grief that takes hold and has me crying from its opening scenes.
There was worldwide outcry when the Notre Dame cathedral was on fire. Why is there not the same level of outrage for the fires destroying the #AmazonRainforest?
@hiwildflower It’s taken over a decade to figure out where I belong in the communities I occupy space in - Bangladeshi, Muslim, Canadian - not sure if I’m there yet but damn Tanaïs proud of you for fighting this fight.
@hiwildflower Witnessing the ways in which @hiwildflower is being bullied by the Muslim community today for expressing multiplicity in Islam and it reminds me of all the ways I was shut out, due to my individuality and finding a sense of self as a Bangladeshi Muslim.
As we are in shock thinking, “how could this have happened?” when remembering #NusratJahanRafi, it is important to remember the society she was exposing
Watch my sis @TaniaRashid9’s piece on @VICE to know the terrible truth about gang rape in Bangladesh
https://t.co/uPL0LIKgTa?