Opinion
Advice from Jenny Holzer for the NFL and Ray Rice
What happens when you combine Ray Rice, football, a meme, and Jenny Holzer?
Memes
Opinion
Explaining Ai Weiwei's New Meme
It started on Instagram last Wednesday, when Ai Weiwei posted an image of a man holding his leg like a rifle with the words "京城反恐系列" (Beijing anti-terrorism series).
News
Creative Dissidents Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and many, including one of China's most famous dissidents, Ai Weiwei, are commemorating the occasion with personal protests.
Art
Ugandans Fight to Save the Miniskirt
Last week, Ugandan officials passed the 2011 Anti-Pornography Bill. Ugandans on Twitter (#UOT) were quick to join the fray with memes and a hashtag.
Art
Can a Meme Be Original?
Memes derive their power from their group appeal, their essential authorlessness. Ideas move around the web at the speed of light … when it comes to memes and tumblelogs and internet trends, originality is not the deciding factor.
Opinion
Three Memes You Should Know
It's the end of August and thoughts — naturally — turn to frozen yogurt and memes. So, we suggest you not fight it and embrace these three memes you should know about.
Opinion
The Internet Has a Lot to Say About NSA Surveillance
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably fully aware that the US government's National Security Agency (NSA) can read your email, track your web movements, and access your Skype, Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and almost any other major internet account (strangely, Twitter seems exem
Art
Today, #AskAMemeMaker About the Meaning of Memes in Culture
What is a meme? How is it a part of our greater cultural dialogue? Jump on Twitter to #AskAMemeMaker today, and join in a dialogue on just how memes can be more than just internet noise.
Art
Free to Be You and Meme
Unless, somehow, you miraculously haven’t accessed your Facebook or Twitter in the last two days, you’ve probably noticed a proliferation of crimson tiles with superimposed pink equal signs popping up in avatars and profile pics. The instantaneously ubiquitous logo, a riff by the Human Rights Campai
Books
The Meme After the Fall of The Tower of Babel
Susan Wheeler: God knows, as my mother would have said. I’m beginning to get an inkling, as I’ve been writing a series of poems that use her idiomatic expressions — she grew up in Topeka, and had a strong portion of Pennsylvania Dutch as well, but who knows where she got phrases like “busier than a
Opinion
A Star Is Born: Internet Loves Disfigured Jesus Fresco
This week, those of us in the Hyperallergic offices have been obsessed with the story of Cecilia Gimenez, the really bad octogenarian art "restorer" who transformed a 19th C church fresco by painter Elías García Martínez into a meme-worthy art work. And the resulting meme rocks!
Opinion
The Stellar Fucking Growth of Fuck Yeah Tumblelogs
LOS ANGELES — Got a brilliant Tumblr idea? Would it fit the Fuck Yeah mold just right? Your blog would be just one of 100 new Fuck Yeah tumblelogs created each day since the meme began picking up in 2009.