Funny Frank Friday Headlines

Let’s be honest, how many times a week do you scroll though your various timelines, news feeds and dashboards only to come across string after string of promotional updates from news outlets with ridiculous headlines? Sometimes purely link bait, sometimes highly illustrative, wacky headlines attempt to make something out of nothing. Nontent (“content” that lacks substance) is being decorated with illustrative headlines to try and get visitors eyes on the page. The feminist online magazine The Vagenda started a social media revolution when it re-worded an especially flowery headline into a much less sexist, more frank version, asking its readers to share their clever headlines re-writes on social media. Below are a few of the funniest, most poignant examples of tweets that users sent in.

Lawyer goes to work

Lawyer goes to work. @vagendamagazine #thevagenda pic.twitter.com/KJSIgN6BaW

— Kate Headley (@MsCommuniKate) May 15, 2014

Honor roll student learns to drive

Honor Roll Student Turns 16, Gets Learner’s Permit and Joins Peers on City Streets #thevagenda pic.twitter.com/xfe2LP03Xt — Heidi Chapman (@hachapman) May 21, 2014

Actress enjoys coffee

@VagendaMagazine Coffee: apparently the latest fixer upper for fatigued and brutalised women #thevagenda pic.twitter.com/MIcgFClyIl

— Mim (@MimLofBees) May 15, 2014

Cara Santana has skin

.@VagendaMagazine BIG REVEAL!!!!1!!1! (credit goes to the boyf, @tobymather) pic.twitter.com/nWuva6rDl2 — Ruby Lott-Lavigna (@RubyJLL) April 28, 2014

Want to read more ridiculously frank headlines? Check out the Onion-like headlines in this tumblr blog!

Cover Photo Source: Christopher Boswell

Mary is an Assistant Account Executive at SJG. She earned her BA in Communication from the University of Evansville in 2013. In her spare time, when she’s not engulfing novels in a coffee shop, Mary feels most at home celebrating life and love with her family and friends, and visiting the streets of Paris in her dreams.