Andrew Rodriguez and Andrew Boyd's readings

This article reminded me of the cultural resistance article by Robin Kelly and Bindi Shah's common sense article because memes are acts of cultural resistance. There are plenty of political memes out there about Trump right now, since he doesn't want to listen to young adults, we make memes about him instead. Memes are a way to relate to one another and still get your voice heard even if it makes you laugh because it's based on a true event. There's even a meme page for UCD students which is where students create their own memes and other students relate. One of the most popular ones is why aren't there any spoons in the DC?! I've experienced this myself, it's really hard to find spoons when you want to have a meal in the DC. Memes are great because even though people don't take them seriously they do have a message. Although most memes are comical every meme came from someone going through the situation and it's been a great way to spread messages. Bindi Shah's article about common sense came to mind when reading this article because memes that have an underlying message started with an idea of common sense. When Shah wrote about the Laotian girls standing up for themselves and asking their government representative to help them with an issue they thought was important, she didn't. That's the same way creators behind memes think, they tried fighting for their issues like political issues, but they weren't heard so they make a meme out of it to get attention. It's the same thing happening on UC Davis's meme page with the spoon example I mentioned earlier, students have probably tried asking for more spoons but nothing was done about so now it's a meme. At the very least of being a meme, the issue draws attention from an audience that can relate to the issue and cares about the issue as well. 

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