memes

The problem with the badass-working-parent meme

Viral photos of politicians and CEOs working with their babies on their laps are meant to inspire. In reality, they’re absurd and unhelpful for real working parents.

Russia’s Facebook memes have been revealed, and politics will never be the same

One photo, less than 1,000 words: Learning about Russian-backed Facebook groups could bring about difficult questions about our political reality

The rise of the internet’s ‘dirtbag left’

How a new strain of progressive leftism is using humour, irony, and diaper jokes to push back against the emerging alt-right

Harambe is about everything and nothing. Just like the internet.

At an evening candlelight vigil for a deceased gorilla, Harambe, the lines between the sincere and the trivial become blurred beyond recognition

Dirty, viral tricks: The 2016 U.S. election is already getting ugly

To get attention and votes in the 2016 presidential campaign, candidates will need to be more tech-savvy than ever—and ruthless, too

What students are talking about today (November 27th edition)

The real Scumbag Steve, by-elections & marijuana research

Not impressed: McKayla Maroney meets Barack Obama

‘I pretty much do that face at least once a day,’ president tells gymnast

Hey girl, it’s Ryan Gosling (not really)

Hey girl, it’s Ryan Gosling (not really)

Add the hunk’s face or name to any online post and watch the clicks multiply

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Ottawa police investigate “memes”

Gay Carleton student targeted

Quick Memes: the new campus obsession

Students at Nipissing U. early to embrace trend

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American idol, American idolatry

The highlight of last night’s American Idol was a contestant’s performance of “Footprints in the Sand”, a song that hit big for Leona Lewis as a charity single in 2008. Many viewers were probably surprised to learn that Simon Cowell, a man famous for his no-nonsense, unsentimental persona, actually had a writing credit on this piece of sentimental nonsense.