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UnavailableMEMES, Pt. 4: Woman Yelling at a Cat
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MEMES, Pt. 4: Woman Yelling at a Cat

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MEMES, Pt. 4: Woman Yelling at a Cat

FromEndless Thread

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Humor is a key ingredient of any unit of culture that morphs and spreads over time. But humor isn’t always there at the beginning. For “Real Housewife” Taylor Armstrong, the meme that made her even more famous on the internet has bitter roots: physical domestic abuse exposed on television.

In this episode, we hear the little-known origin story of the "Woman Yelling at a Cat" meme -- straight from the Woman herself -- that might make you think twice about ever using the meme again. We also explore why a loss of context is crucial for the spread of memes, but often problematic.
Released:
Oct 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (22)

The front page of the Internet--also known as Reddit--is making noise. Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the site's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities, collaborating with Reddit's 330 million users and over 140 thousand communities to find all kinds of jaw-dropping narratives. A collaboration between WBUR and Reddit.