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Semicolon tattoo: Here's what it means and why it matters.

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48% Informative

Project Semicolon was born from a social media movement in 2013 .

The semicolon tattoo represents mental health struggles and the importance of suicide prevention.

In 2012 , over 43 million Americans dealt with a mental illness.

The tattoo is a conversation starter and a fundraiser for a crisis center.

A tattoo artist is giving people free 'nipple tattoos' to help cancer survivors.

Woman shares her pre-pandemic tattoo as worst case of 'bad timing' in the history of body art.

Writer Joel L. Daniels shares his powerful story of how the Suicide Prevention Lifeline saved his life.

VR Score

28

Informative language

18

Neutral language

11

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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no external sources

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