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Internet Culture Archive

Archives for October 2016

Culture
You may not have understood Vine, but its demise is a huge cultural lossYou may not have understood Vine, but its demise is a huge cultural loss
Culture

Insular, youth-driven, and iconoclastic, Vine’s end is devastating for black social media.

By Aja Romano
Culture
How Pepe the frog and Dilbert explain the culture wars of the 2016 election, in one comicHow Pepe the frog and Dilbert explain the culture wars of the 2016 election, in one comic
Culture

The alt-right’s controversial memes reflect the unsavory side of remix culture.

By Aja Romano
Culture
Good times, bad times: #TrumpBookReport’s hilariously simplified reading listGood times, bad times: #TrumpBookReport’s hilariously simplified reading list
Culture

Trump flubbed a debate question so badly he spawned a meme about unprepared middle schoolers.

By Aja Romano
Culture
Joss Whedon’s Super PAC imagines a weather forecast under President Trump. It’s … bleak.Joss Whedon’s Super PAC imagines a weather forecast under President Trump. It’s … bleak.
Culture

Keegan-Michael Key’s weatherman promises “heavy waves of denial” and “high blood pressure fronts.”

By Caroline Framke
Shudder, AMC’s horror-only streaming service, beats other scary sites at their own game
Culture

Its corporate backing and curation give it a big advantage over its competition.

By Aja Romano
The secret behind internet erotica icon Chuck Tingle: his own life may be the best story he’s ever written
Culture

Behind the surreal performance art, the gay dinosaur porn, and the political erotica may lie a beautiful reality.

By Aja Romano
Edgar Allan Poe is uniting all your 2016 social phobias in one surprisingly durable meme
Internet Culture

Sometimes the cultural zeitgeist manifests itself in strange ways.

By Aja Romano
Channel Zero: Candle Cove adapts an internet legend about terrifying TV. Fittingly, it’s terrifying TV.
Culture

It’s the darker, bleaker nostalgia nightmare Stranger Things fans have been waiting for.

By Aja Romano
Why conservative Christians keep comparing Trump’s leaked tape to Beyoncé lyrics
Culture

In general, conservatives are concerned about the words in Trump’s tape. Progressives are concerned about the content.

By Emily St. James