Little girl uses the Cambridge Analytica controversy to ask her dad for a puppy
When you really, really want something, you do everything within your power to make it happen.
This little girl was so desperate for a puppy, she studied her journalist's father's reading habits to ensure her request for a puppy would be seen.
She knew her father was following the Cambridge Analytica controversy closely, so she decided to use this to her advantage.
Brendan Greeley, an economics journalist, tweeted a photo of page 13 of his copy of the Financial Times, which had been scrawled on by his daughter.
Right above a headline which read "Questions swirl over Cambridge Analytica" his daughter had written "CAN I PLEASE GET A PUPPY?" in block capitals.
"A real one," she added directly below, just in case there was any confusion.
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"Having studied my habits and preferences, my daughter hacked my attention this morning for her political agenda," wrote Greeley. I see what you did there.
We have so much to learn from this girl.
UPDATE: March 22, 2018, 1:27 p.m. PDT The plan has worked; the Greeleys are getting a pup. After going viral, Greeley finally caved, and is asking people to donate to the SPCA in his daughter's name.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
