FEMINISM
Facebook, We Have a Problem. You’re Sexist AF!
Reinforcing male dominance through the worlds biggest social media platform
I didn’t notice it at first. After all, when I first gained an appreciation for the way a gif so easily conveys a response I was just laughing along with everyone else. It was such a natural progression — the evolution of the static internet meme — memes that move! Like everyone I soon had my favourite gif go-to’s.
“Winning!” … Charlie Sheen of course.
“You can-NOT be serious” … yep, tennis dummy spitter John McEnroe
“You can’t handle the truth!”… ah-duh, Jack Nicholson, obviously.
The facepalm of hopeless disappointment … Ryan Reynolds, you know the one — from The Proposal. So cute.
And on the topic of Ryans, who does the “how embarrassing” giggle better than Ryan Gosling! Amirite?
But, after a while of using the same old tired gifs to convey my personal feelings — love, disdain and everything in between — I decided I wanted my gifs to be more representative of, well, me. And that's…
