When I started seeing Byron Román’s #trashtag trending on my usual platforms I did what any well-adjusted person would do: I assumed it was as scam and Facebook stalked him until I was convinced otherwise. It is unclear who the guy in the photo is (It looks like it came from a Guatemalan Travel Agency), but CNN, Washington Post, and CBS News have reported that “trashtag” is a long-dormant social media campaign for UCO Gear, a Seattle-based camping equipment company. Now #trashtag (“hashtag trashtag?”) is the subject of a dozen or so feel-good human interest stories. Reddit user Baxxo24 (Baxxo24 looks to be Swedish while Byron lives in Arizona) took a screenshot and posted it to r/wholesomememes where it went viral.
Less than a week ago Byron Román made the above Facebook post challenging “bored teens” to pick up trash and post before and after photos on social media. The term “meme” is indeed a monosyllable, which resembles the word “gene”. Similarly, a meme can spread from one mind to another, and it can become popular in the cultural context of a given civilization.
A gene is transmitted from one generation to another, and if selected, it can accumulate in a given population. Originally, the concept was proposed to describe an analogy between the “behaviour” of genes and cultural products. If the idea is brilliant, other philosophers may eventually decide to cite it in their essays and speeches, with the outcome of propagating it. For instance, anytime a philosopher ideates a new concept, their contemporaries interrogate it. Richard Dawkins, a notorious evolutionary biologist, coined it to describe “a unit of cultural content that is transmitted by a human mind to another” through a process that can be referred as “imitation”. The neologism is derived from the ancient Greek mīmēma, which means “imitated thing”. Nasquatch is on hold after reports of concerns with CW Cooke’s behaviour.The term “meme” first appeared in the 1975 Richard Dawkins’ bestselling book The selfish gene. Steenz tweeted that her Publisher’s Weekly nomination for the PW Starwatch was rescinded because she was not employed by a publishing company at the time of selection. Jewish political cartoonist Eli Valley was arrested, among others, while protesting the ICE raids and border concentration camps.
Quick HitsĬomixology will apparently return as a sponsor for SPX 2019. Pepe-creator Matt Furie has been busy taking legal action to halt the use of his creation by fascist groups.
#PEPE ANTI GAY MEME UPDATE#
Time to update the pull list? /PqEdHqivHWĪnti-extradition bill protesters in Hong Kong are using Pepe the Frog as a symbol of their resistance, after the sad frog meme had been co-opted by the alt-right. Psst… Looks like we have a release date for FAR SECTOR: 11.13.19. And why is Jemisin out there explaining this to people? Where is DC’s marketing team…? This is pretty darn exciting, but comes with the reminder that the direct market relies on pre-orders for a comic like this to thrive, which is not necessarily something Jemisin or her book readers are aware of.
#PEPE ANTI GAY MEME SERIES#
Jemisin and Jamal Campbell’s Green Lantern Far Sector series from DC’s Young Animal imprint. The Marvel collection - which features that Nazi-punching Captain America - will be available in September with an introduction by Marvel editor Roy Thomas instead, while Spiegelman has given his essay to the Guardian for publication. History of the Marvel Universe #2 will feature Destiny and Mystique and and and THEY KISS! While it’s no secret that Destiny and Mystique are a couple, Marvel has never explicitly stated or depicted this until now.Īrt Spiegelman, the Pulitzer-prize winning creator of Maus, tells the Guardian that he was asked by The Folio Society to write an introduction to Marvel: The Golden Age 1939–1949, however, when Marvel asked him to change a line in his essay that alluded Trump, he decided to take the essay elsewhere. Spiegelman says he was informed by The Folio Society that Marvel “is not allowing its publications to take a political stance.” Meanwhile, Marvel Entertainment’s chairman, Ike Perelmuter, continues to be Trump’s close advisor and largest financial contributor. There’s been mostly good news this past week, including some long overdue announcements and some reminders to keep fighting the good fight.