40 Things That Made Us Smile This Year, Because 2017 Wasn't All Trash

Mikayla Holmgrem becoming the first woman with Down syndrome to compete in a state Miss USA pageant.

This important reminder from the Girl Scouts about consent and not having to thank any creepy relatives/friends of the family with a hug, if you don't want to.

When the 28 2018 Miss Peru contestants listed statistics on women's rights, sexual harassment, and violence as their "measurements" in a badass twist on pageants' bikinis-and-world-peace image.

When it was worth getting banned from Wikipedia.

This joke, based on the only science fact we know.

Thank you, Charli XCX, for giving us your "Boys" video.

Malala starting at Oxford.

Around 2:08 of this song.

Rihanna acknowledging that she knows you talk about her weight and responding with a wicked sense of humor.

When this good boy lost his job but charmed the world (and found other employment) in the process.

All these dank memes.

The entire two weeks Anthony Scaramucci was White House communications director, then lost everything like a modern-day Antigone. This time will be known as a great flourishing of Twitter and Internet jokes.

Tina Fey capturing the kind of smash-your-face-into-a-sheet-cake depths of despair many of us felt earlier this year so accurately it makes you suspect if she's watching us.

An estimated 3.2 to 5.2 million people in 600 cities nationwide taking part in the Women's March.

Meryl Streep kicking off the year with a legendary speech denouncing Trump and calling for protections for freedom of speech.

Obama having so much fun on his well-deserved vacation that we began to think he didn't miss us.

Jenny Slate and Chris Evans getting back together, bless.