{"id":3175,"date":"2015-06-28T18:19:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T22:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healwritenow.com\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2015-06-28T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T22:19:37","slug":"cheryl-strayed-set-me-straight-on-rainbowing-my-facebook-profile-pic-how-to-change-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healwritenow.com\/cheryl-strayed-set-me-straight-on-rainbowing-my-facebook-profile-pic-how-to-change-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Strayed Set Me \u201cStraight\u201d on Rainbowing My Facebook Profile Pic (& How to Change Yours)."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cis<\/h1>\n

I was on Cheryl Strayed\u2019s Facebook\u00a0page<\/a> and\u00a0noticed her new rainbow profile picture. It was changed last night.<\/h3>\n

I was surprised\u2014disappointed, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise she supports marriage equality; after all, she\u2019s brutally honest in love and in writing about owning all we are. She\u2019s the voice behind the book\u00a0Tiny Beautiful Things<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole deal about loving truly and for real and with all you\u2019ve got has everything to do with letting those we love see what made us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I was\u00a0not surprised that she supports marriage equality and truth-being as well as truth-telling, but I was\u00a0surprised she bought into a Facebook-created fad\u2014after all, doesn\u2019t Mark Zuckerberg have enough influence on us all?<\/p>\n

Strayed is usually so fierce, independent and unconventional. She\u2019s the author of Wild<\/em> (yes, the one the movie was based on) and been Super Soul Sunday with Oprah. She\u00a0does her Dear Sugar<\/a> column on radio now with Steve Almond now on NPR and can be seen in many Instagram photos with Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon.<\/p>\n

Why is she changing her profile photo?<\/em> I wondered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, it was snarkier than that: I didn\u2019t really ask, I judged.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been doing a lot of eye-roll judging in the last 48 hours as people in my own Facebook newsfeed are adding a rainbow filter to their profile pictures.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve refused to \u201clike\u201d any of them.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like the move. It seems too easy.<\/p>\n

Because I try to act mature, sometimes I did not say what I was thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsn\u2019t this a little easy now that the Supreme Court has made marriage equality law?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhere were you with your rainbow flag when it was collect signatures and change the status quo time?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t crash the pride wedding when you didn\u2019t help plan or pay for it or even RSVP when invited.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Those were my feelings and thoughts.<\/p>\n

I did not think I got to or others should get to attend and act all jubilant now that it is a moment of celebration. Doesn\u2019t that below to the LGBT community alone?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I thought.<\/p>\n

Then I read the comments under Strayed\u2019s profile from her fans.<\/p>\n

Sure, some bozo asked if she\u2019s bi as soon as she made a rainbow profile. (Dude, it\u2019s an author fan page\u2014read her writing.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Some stated their opposition to the rainbow in favor of their old-fashioned values. No one argued but just left it alone.\u00a0Many gays and lesbians made a point of saying thank you to Strayed. Some expressed how touched they were by her profile picture change and how it made them feel joyful, seen and supported.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

I can be such an a**hole.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about if it makes me feel too much like I\u2019m following a pop trend.<\/p>\n

People said \u201cbottom-of-the heart\u201d thanks and clearly felt loved up big time.<\/p>\n

Can I be and show love in this way?<\/p>\n

Can I humble myself and be all trendy if it makes people who have been marginalized feel even one drop more loved and seen?<\/p>\n

Can I go outside of my comfort zone requiring me to figure out some app thing and then to do something \u201ceveryone is doing?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

I can.<\/p>\n

Will I even ditch my stick-in-the mud-contrarian-and a little afraid of apps and technology ways if even one person can more easily recognize me as an ally?<\/p>\n

Yup.<\/p>\n

I stand with the masses to support those that haven\u2019t been accepted, seen, celebrated or given access to the same laws. I do so because the fight is not over and there are still people who might lose jobs, friends, family, faith connections for being who they are. I do so because the rate of suicide and addiction and depression and anxiety is still too high for LGBT teens and adults.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ll be a trendy rainbow-covered Facebook symbol.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about how I think or feel or if I\u2019m questioned like Strayed was for being trendy or bi. It\u2019s about showing those in the LGBT community, clearly, I am an ally and you can count on my support going forward too and not just during this celebratory time.<\/p>\n

My profile has been changed. My heart and mind have been too.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll give Cheryl Strayed the last word again (from Tiny Beautiful Things) and dedicate to the LGBT community who has been persecuted too long:<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething ugly happened to you and you didn\u2019t let it make you ugly. I salute you for your courage and grace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

How to change your Facebook photo to rainbow:\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

It is really this simple, I promise!<\/p>\n

1. From anywhere in Facebook, go to the search bar (top left by Facebook F icon) and type in: \u201cLet\u2019s Celebrate Pride.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>2. You will be brought to a page with a faded rainbow at the top.
\nPress down on the \u201cUse as Profile Picture\u201d<\/strong> button (in blue underneath the rainbow).<\/p>\n

You are done!<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to load a photo or do anything here with your photo. It will put the rainbow filter over your existing Facebook profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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