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MEMES, Pt. 4: Woman Yelling at a Cat
Podcast |
Endless Thread
Publisher |
Reddit
WBUR
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Oct 14, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:41:27

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.

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