Meme Project Proposal

What shall it meme?

Alright, the time has come, I must select a direction for this blog. For this blog, and in turn the rest of my posts, I will be focusing on memes that are focusing on the Brett Kavanaugh accusations, explicitly focusing on gender and race.

For anyone who does not know who Brett Kavanaugh is, he is a nominee for the Supreme Court and was recently accused of sexual misconduct against three women currently, but I have a feeling this number may rise. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the first victim to speak up, testified against him on September 27th to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Both during and after the testimony of Dr. Ford and Kavanaugh the internet was abuzz with people sharing their opinions and as well memes from the trial. Kavanaugh lost his composure several times during the hearing, and well some internet users decided to have some fun with this. Although what the hearing regarded was not humorous by any means memes were still created in both favors and against Kavanaugh.

For this project, I will be focusing on memes that compare the two binary genders and/or race. This is such a crucial time in our history, this case is going to dictate so much for our political future, and honestly the way in which we treat our victims of sexual crimes. These memes are an extension of the ways we see the world, it is essential to see what we are sharing on such crucial moments. With this breaking news and event that has no end in sight I feel as though this is the perfect current news to follow and see how perhaps memes even progress over the process, we will see if that comes to be.

The meme of the Week

To give a sneak peek of what is to come, here are two memes that give you an idea of what I will be examining throughout the rest of this process. These memes are helping lay foundational work of what is to come for the rest of this project.

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This first meme deals with race and gender all at once. There are many ways that the US still privileges a white male over anyone else honestly. There have been many talks throughout the years how the Constitution was written by white men, for white men, and how to this day we still live by this mindset. The meme depicts a moment in which Kavanaugh lost his composure, and the internet had some fun with it. I selected this because it deals with both aspects of race and gender and has a lot of the viral components of memes which we have discussed in the previous weeks.

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The second meme focuses specifically on gender, comparing Kavanaugh and Hillary Clinton. In both memes we see them poking fun at his inability to remain professional during this hearing. However, now we see how someone else who is a higher-ranking official was on trial and was able to stay calm during their trial, and it was even a woman who could do it. I selected this meme because this helps to examine some of the double standards that exist in our country and how this can be harmful.