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Gomez, Alisha Boe, and Tommy Dorfman got matching semicolons on their wrists.

Gomez posted these photos on April 9, 2017, and May 14, 2019. @selenagomez/Instagram

Gomez executive produced the controversial Netflix series "13 Reasons Why," which premiered in 2017.

Shortly after, Gomez joined the show's stars Alisha Boe (who played Hannah's ex-BFF Jessica) and Tommy Dorfman (who played poet Ryan Shaver) for a tattoo session in Hollywood.

Their matching semicolons represent mental health awareness and suicide prevention.

"Project semicolon is a movement dedicated to presenting hope for those suffering from depression, thoughts of suicide, addiction, and self-injury," Boe wrote on Instagram.

Amy Bleuel, whom Boe referenced in her caption, was the mental-health activist who started the mental-health non-profit Project Semicolon. According to Bleuel's interview with "The Mighty" the inspiration behind the semicolon for a mental-health organization is derived from its grammatical use.

"In literature, an author uses a semicolon to not end a sentence but to continue on," she said. "We see it as you are the author and your life is the sentence. You're choosing to keep going."

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