sad girl memes
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Femcel memes and resistance within meme subcultures
by Hazel Bergeron-Stokes Hazel is a writer focusing on resistance against neoliberal, postfeminist discourses through memes, art, and everyday interaction. You can follow her on @memehoeverlord on Instagram. Identifiable by an aesthetic of quirkiness, use of ‘sad girl’ symbolism, and self-aware irony, femcel memes create a distinctly gendered affective experience. Differing from both the extremist…