Digital blackface is actively skewing our perception of what blackness contains, and thus what possibilities are open to all of us. Continue reading
April 14, 2021
by Aesthetics for Birds
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Tag Archives: memes
December 2, 2020
by utahphilosoraptor
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What the Utah Monolith Means for Social Art and the Internet
Think of the monolith as a monument, an artwork addressed to a group. When it was revealed to the world, we determined its meaning. Continue reading
May 21, 2020
by Alex King
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AFB’S TERMS OF ART #39: MEME & MEMETICS
Now that increasing numbers of people are stuck at home and sheltering in place, I figured I’d do a little series. Every weekday for the duration of this intense period, I’ll post a short definition of some term in/related to aesthetics and philosophy of art. Let’s see how this goes! See them all here. Terms of Art #39: meme & memetics
May 13, 2017
by Anthony C.
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PEPE IS DEAD! LONG LIVE PEPE?
This is an update to an earlier story that follows new developments in the Pepe meme story: Pepe’s death! Faithful readers of this site will be familiar with the saga of the internet meme Pepe the Frog. (For those of you who missed it, my earlier post on Pepe and the nature and value of internet memes is here.) The latest update: Pepe’s death! But first, a bit of background:
January 26, 2017
by Anthony C.
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The Curious Case of Pepe the Frog: on the Ontology and Value of Internet Memes
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKMtdN5Bam5/?hl=en Editor’s note: This story has a Part II, with updates on Pepe’s death! In the waning days of last fall’s presidential election a frog took center stage. In early September, Donald Trump Jr. posted an image on Instagram featuring his father leading “The Deplorables.” The image is intended to be a response to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” remark. However, what catches one’s eye is a curious depiction of a green frog wearing a Trump wig. The Clinton campaign quickly pointed out that the frog is an instance of an internet meme known as Pepe the Frog and denounced Trump for his campaign’s usage of the meme due to its associations with white supremacy and the alt-right. Not long after, the Anti-Defamation League added Pepe to its online database of hate symbols.
