It’s Me(me), Revolution Elizabeth
Social Media and a Practice of Critical Social Commentary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7459242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Martins (0000-0003-1614-6525, corresponding author), Anne E Martins (0000-0003-0737-5836), J B Fournillier (0000-0002-3337-0206) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 466-476 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/15327086221097631 |
| OpenAlex | W4281633235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
One viral video emerging from the January 6th, 2021 attempted insurrection showed a White woman crying about being maced upon her unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol. We used intersectional and critical discourse methods to analyze 127 Twitter replies to the video constructing the Revolution Elizabeth meme. Twitter users alluded to popular culture to garner shared understanding and used sarcasm to interrogate White women’s privileges, often in contrast to the treatment of Black people. Absent from replies were nuanced considerations of racialized sexism. We argue that the discursive use of humor undercut the agentive possibilities associated with the meme
Art · Critical discourse analysis · Crying · Ideology · Irony · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sarcasm · Social media · Sociology · White (mutation · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology
Political Discourse on Social Media
The Difference That Power Makes
Performative Allyship
They Were Her Property
Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance
What's Your Emergency
Introduction
Networked feminism
Critical technocultural discourse analysis
Racial justice activist hashtags
Being Lovingly, Knowingly Ignorant
Our Struggles Are Unequal”
Thank You, Black Twitter”
Reading the signs
The Color of Supremacy
Mapping the Margins
The Souls of White Folk
Black Memes Matter
Platforming Intersectionality
SayHerName
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |