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A diva among us: the Melania meme phenomenon. (theloop.ecpr.eu)

submitted 6 months ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/usa@midwest.social

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In the internet age, few figures have been subject to as much meme-driven mythmaking as First Lady Melania Trump. Mimi Mihăilescu argues that Melania memes reveal how humour and speculation can obscure the complexities of real-life individuals. They also reinforce harmful stereotypes and detach serious political discourse from reality

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 points 6 months ago

Actually I've seen considerably little about her, and not a big surprise since her biggest fame is being the wife of Donnie. Might sound like an article trying to drum up a trend to give her some attention.