If the submissions are only half as good as the call, meme reader III will be a blast

LAST DAY FOR SUBMISSIONS [email protected]

Upcoming special event! What is a meme, technically speaking? with Giulia Giorgi together with Alessandro Gandini and @nieborg.bsky.social, live stream from Milan. All welcome!

NEW BLOG POST by Rojda Yavuz In this piece, Rojda provides a snapshot into the intersections of language repression, nationhood and media through Kurmancî memes and their role as a incubator and representation of everyday language read here: memestudiesrn.wordpress.com/2023/06/26/mem…

Net Nonsense episode 2 out w/ idil 🎙️🤢🤮Tube Girl Grotesque: -visibility -the grotesque -queer world-making #tubegirl #newmedia spotify.link/6YWIwlOBCDb

I'm excited to share my #preprint, "Ingredients for a Good Meme." Together with my collaborators Luca Cecchetti and Rolf Reber, we explore the cognitive, social, and emotional factors that influence the consumption and appreciation of internet memes. psyarxiv.com/xdn9m 🧵

In “‘U OK hun’? Classed femininities, meme culture and locating humour in the celebrity ‘hun’”, ✿ Dr Laura J Minor ✿ looks at the representation of working-class women online. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

My article on how working-class women have been represented via memes (on loveofhuns x' Instagram) is now out in print! You can access it below 👇 Working-Class Studies Association European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) Meme Studies Research Network

this is now also available as a handbook chapter here: e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/resea…

CWGI 19 is OUT! Join us and hear idil talk about Jason Bateman memes, Meme Studies Research Network, iFunny dot co, non-memes, and the recently published Critical Meme Reader III cwgi.podbean.com/e/cwgi-19-brea…