The meme-ification of Donald Trump is a growing phenomenon that speaks loudly to the absurdity of the 45th president.
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Pepsi’s Tasteless Protest Commercial Gets Memed
Pepsi’s recent and risible “protest” ad has birthed memes that liken it to everything from Tiananmen Square’s “Tank Man” to Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother.”
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Skewering Trump by Any Memes Necessary
People are dealing with the new realities of Trumplandia through memes because they help us laugh. Did someone say #goldenshowers?
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Worshipping at the Altar of Beast Jesus
Since Cecilia Giménez Zueco transformed Elías García Martínez’s “Ecce Homo” into the viral sensation “Monkey Jesus,” the Santuario de Misericordia has been turned into an interactive tribute to the two artists’ improbable collaboration.
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A Pilgrimage to Beast Jesus
Cecilia Giménez Zueco’s botched restoration of a small fresco in Spain looks as entrancingly bad in person as it does in pictures.
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White Supremacy’s Strange Skittles Obsession
The US Presidential election cycle has become a hotbed of coded memes and imagery.
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Everything Else Brian Williams Might Have Misremembered, in Memes
The most astute reaction to news anchor Brian Williams’s claim that he “misremembered” being present inside a US Army helicopter when it was shot down in Iraq can be found in a meme now ricocheting through the Twitter-verse.
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Metropolitan Museum Butt-Checks Kim Kardashian
The Metropolitan Museum has officially won the internet today.
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Advice from Jenny Holzer for the NFL and Ray Rice
What happens when you combine Ray Rice, football, a meme, and Jenny Holzer?
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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.
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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.
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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.