What’s in a Meme? — Ellen Smith Writes
I love memes. Maybe we can blame that on an early love for the Robin Williams movie Flubber (seriously, his robot Weebo totally invented meme and gif culture!) But here I am, ten months or so into quarantine life, and my friends and I communicate almost entirely by sending each other memes. I use this one a lot:
The Bernie Sanders meme took off after Wednesday’s inauguration and it may be my favorite one yet. I love Bernie, I love his awesome upcycled mittens, I love that he dressed for the weather. Seriously, regardless of the event, DC is COLD in January.
Bernie has responded to it pretty well, too. He made his viral meme into a sweatshirt on his website, with 100% of the proceeds going to Meals on Wheels Vermont.
Which made me revisit a question that’s been on my mind ever since “meme culture” took over the Internet…
