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e123. Culture, Context, Protest, and Memefication

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August 17, 2020
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Have you ever gotten into an argument with someone on the Internet and they tried to prove their point by forwarding some meme that was a quote of a famous…

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Call For Comments: Erasing Cultural Activism in 50 Easy Years

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August 7, 2020
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From Mav: I ran across an interesting meme on conservative (MAGA) social media the other day. It was a picture of Jimi Hendrix playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the original…

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e118. #activism

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July 13, 2020
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We live in very interesting times. The world around us is changing every day… and with the internet if feels like it’s changing ever rapidly. With everything from #COVID-19 to…

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Call for Comments: Performing the Minimum and Virtual Protesting

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June 30, 2020
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From Katya: This episode is more than a bit overdue but it’s especially pervading online culture right now: online activism. The internet has unquestionably opened up historic new options for…

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e116. Copaganda, Cartoons, and You

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June 29, 2020
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One of the most interesting side effects of the recent #BlackLivesMatter protests sparked off by the George Floyd murder has been the #DefundPolice movement gaining national attention. Obviously that’s a…

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e114. Your Black Friend is Tired

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June 15, 2020
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A few years ago, in an interview with Stephen Colbert, Will Smith said that he believed that racism isn’t getting worse — it’s getting filmed. While it may be hard…

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Call for Comments: Your Black Friend Is Tired

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June 5, 2020
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From Mav: Well, it’s been a week. If you’re in America (or probably if you’ve simply bothered to watch the news at all anywhere else in the world), you know…

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e69. So, let’s talk about Puerto Rico…

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August 5, 2019
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A couple of weeks ago, many Americans were surprised to turn on the news and learn that protests had seemingly suddenly erupted on the island of Puerto Rico demanding the…

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Call For Comments: Monuments to Racism

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August 25, 2018
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From Mav: Once again, we’re in a situation where fortune calls upon us and I am presented with an idea for an episode related to an episode I was already…