The words Feminist, Feminism, and the like has had a negative connotation throughout the years and is associated with exaggerated sayings that are sometimes not even true. In order for people to really understand what Feminism is, and for people to proudly state that they are a feminist, the social construct around it needs to be redefined and the idea of feminism needs to be corrected.
The objective is to redefine the society's idea of feminism in a subtle way under the guise of humor. Overtime, these memes will condition people to have this kind of reaction towards sayings pertaining to feminism and the word feminism will no longer be such a "dirty" word. The use of memes would be a quick, accessible, and comical way to help with the cause. Many users on social media would see a reaction picture with a funny block of text on it and share it to their friends and followers and in turn, sometimes even make their own. There are many tools for one to create memes and the recent styles of memes have made it even easier to edit your own, as text is no long placed over the picture, but rather at the top or bottom white space; thus allowing anyone to crop out the picture itself or white out the white space and place their own text over it. Creating memes reacting to the conversation about feminism is easy and simplistic, and adds humor to the dethroning of the ideas feminism negatively connotes. I have created a page called Feministic on
Facebook,
Instagram, and
Twitter, which will be the outlet in which these memes will be shared.
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Bibliography:
Solon, Olivia. "Richard Dawkins on the Internet's Hijacking of the Word 'meme'" WIRED UK. N.p., 05 July 2016. Web. 09 Dec. 2016.
Bahuguna, Ankush. "11 Misconceptions About Feminism You Need To Stop Believing In." Www.mensxp.com. N.p., 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 9 Dec. 2016.
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