Over the weekend, 18-year-old Anyssa Richardson from Arizona shared an anecdote that she believed represents a basic gesture of "girls supporting girls."
i asked this girl where she got her nails done&she googled the exact address & showed me a pic of the building THATS girls supporting girls
Richardson told BuzzFeed News the full story. She said the women stopped "everything she was doing" to make sure she had the exact coordinates of the salon.
Her tweet, along with being retweeted a few thousand times, soon compelled other women to share other similarly simple and sweet encounters.
"Once I complimented a girl i'd never met on her adorable flower patches and she said one would look cute on my hat so she gave it to me," 18-year-old Becki Clarke (@BecklezYaaas) wrote.
@ghostgrI Once I complimented a girl i'd never met on her adorable flower patches and she said one would look cute… https://t.co/7NdqaMc5Lo
Clarke, who's from Nottingham in the UK, told BuzzFeed News she attended an arts camp in Canada when she met the girl. "She said something along the lines of 'I wouldn't know where to use it, and it would look really nice on you,'" she recounted.
Others soon chimed in. Hallie Hall, a 24-year-old from Seattle, shared a moment when a woman shared her lipstick in the bathroom of a club in Sydney.
I asked a girl what lipstick she was wearing in a club bathroom and she pulled it out and applied it on me so nicel… https://t.co/betyRYuRef
Her tweet has gone hugely viral, with more than 33,000 retweets.
"I told her I loved her lipstick and asked what it was, and she just whipped it out said, 'hold still' and applied it to me," Hall told BuzzFeed News. "It was so nice."
Hall's tweet then inspired more people to share. "I asked a girl where did she cut her hair and she took an appointment for me and a discount at that hairdresser," someone wrote.
@Hal_Bal9000 @Nihad_Nour I asked a girl where did she cut her hair and she took an appointment for me and a discoun… https://t.co/gkVjXwCjjT
@HanaOsman @Hal_Bal9000 Girls are very sweet and supportive despite what people want us to believe about each other.
"i told a girl i liked her bracelet before and she pulled one out of her bag, said 'i have hundreds of these' and put it on my wrist," someone else pitched in.
@Hal_Bal9000 i told a girl i liked her bracelet before and she pulled one out of her bag, said "i have hundreds of… https://t.co/P7FVq0IeI3
The stories were not revolutionary, but each perfectly wholesome and uniquely kind.
I once told a girl I liked her outfit and she wrote down the links for EVERY PIECE OF CLOTHING SHE WAS WEARING I lo… https://t.co/niQrsZVoUL
@Hal_Bal9000 A girl in the red brick bathroom told me I was pretty then shoved a flask full of parrot bay in my mouth💖
The thread has caused many others to simply reflect and appreciate each other.
@Hal_Bal9000 girls are so fucking nice i-i love girls
@Hal_Bal9000 Girls supporting girls is what i live for
Although, some people shared less-than-kind interactions with other women — and they were hilariously honest.
@Hal_Bal9000 @ashleyxvictoria I asked a girl where she got her shirt and she turned up her nose, said "idk" flipped her hair and walked away
@Hal_Bal9000 @marielarflores I asked this girl what the summer assignment was for school and she said " I have a boyfriend"
Richardson said she was pleasantly surprised to see the experiences being shared around the world. To those mocking the simplicity, she echoed the tweets of others: It's just a celebration of the women "taking the extra mile."
@scip_ine @ghostgrI You missed the point. This was about how a girl was completely ok w/ sharing beauty tips & taki… https://t.co/ocMEPec4sv
Case in point.
I went out to eat & a waitress' false lashes were falling off. So I gave homegirl my lash glue. https://t.co/68znHsuO8Z