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July 23, 2024
Paige Oamek
Kamala Harris “Brat” Memes Spark Confusion Among Democrats
What does “kamala IS brat” even mean?
July 23, 2024
Grace Segers
What Coconut Memes Say About Kamala Harris’s Appeal to Young Voters
Harris’s new presidential effort exists in the context of all youth-driven campaigns that came before her.
June 19, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Martin Shkreli Joins Trump Crypto Game in the Weirdest Way Ever
The pharmaceutical price gouger and general jerk is behind a brand new Trump-branded cryptocurrency.
June 14, 2024
Kaila Philo
The Internet Supercharged the Exploitation of Black Culture
Legacy Russell traces America’s reliance on—and profit from—Black imagery, from the 1910s to the Dancing Baby meme.
December 6, 2016
Clio Chang
How the Trolley Problem Explains 2016
One philosophical meme told the story of this year's major news events.
September 16, 2016
Shontavia Johnson
The Science of Going Viral
What can memetics tell us about Internet culture?
August 17, 2015
Ander Monson
The Internet Is a Cat Video Library
Is watching a video of a famous cat better than owning a real pet?
March 6, 2015
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
What Happens When Mein Kampf's Copyright Expires?
April 1, 2014
Noam Scheiber
The Savvy Tech Innovator Who Invented "This===>"
22-year-old entrepreneur finds internet riches
October 4, 2013
Nate Cohn
Quit Blaming Gerrymandering for the Shutdown
May 6, 2013
Marin Cogan
The Art of the Washington Photobomb
On Capitol Hill, the web meme is a daily fact of life
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