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Big Baby Blues ft. Jenna Mahale

Added 2021-04-30 09:02:19 +0000 UTC

This week, we're joined by journalist and writer Jenna Mahale (@jennamahale) to talk about "Depression Memes" - a subset of memes that, while expressing hyper-personalised social and psychological experiences, are often far more relatable and universal than the memes that litter our Twitter and Facebook pages. What does the growing popularity of these memes, both as shareable content and as forms of art, show about public expression and public space on corporatised platforms? And how long will it be until big brands start reproducing versions of these mimetic moments to sell sports shoes or fast food?

You can read Jenna's article on depression memes here: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/misery-memes-run-the-internet

We also talk about one of the last good things to happen online during the pandemic, which was, of course, the big baby discourse - and how viral tiktoks of this oddly strong infant once again forced anti-natalist discourse, while also bringing about the age old problem of whether it's okay to bully a baby online.

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