Tag: Memes
Chef Bill Granger’s inadvertent legacy – the avocado toast meme
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
On Christmas Day 2023, world-renowned Australian chef and restaurateur Bill Granger died at 54.
Memes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t...
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, University of California, San Diego
Memes galore centered on the “orca revolution” have inundated the online realm....
Ukraine’s Twitter account is a national version of real-time trauma processing
Jessica Maddox, University of Alabama
TikToks of cats in cardboard tanks. Flirty comments on Instagram accounts dedicated to Vladmir...
Go ahead, enjoy your memes – they really do help ease...
Jessica Myrick, Penn State
Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting, while trying to feed, entertain and beg-to-sleep an infant whose...
Chess is taking over the online video game world – and...
Ilya Brookwell, University of California, Riverside
As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in...
The meme endorsement you might have missed – and why it...
Heather Woods, Kansas State University and Leslie Hahner, Baylor University
On Jan. 19, the New York Times editorial board made history when it endorsed two...
Political cartoonists are out of touch – it’s time to make...
Jennifer Grygiel, Syracuse University
The New York Times came under fire after a political cartoon appeared in print on April 25, 2019. In it, a...
Yanny or Laurel? It’s your brain not your ears that decides
Jennell Vick, Case Western Reserve University
As a speech scientist, I never thought I’d see so much excitement on social media about one tiny little...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
