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Meme Patrol: Buying Mitt's Ladybinders on Amazon
Meme Patrol: Buying Mitt's Ladybinders on Amazon. Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 10:10 AM. By Jeff Yang : IAFC Blogger. Share · Tweet. Print; Email. Enlarge. Romney's 'Binders of Women' is an internet sensation. (Tumblr). Join the Discussion [1] ...
(Oct 18, 2012, WNYC (blog))
Internet Meme Du Jour: Pending Larry Quote
With those words, at the top of the accidentally released Google Q3 earnings release earlier this morning, a meme was born. Let's put aside for just a moment the questions of how such a thing could happen, or how the company managed to produce such ...
(Oct 18, 2012, Forbes)
Menacing Josh Romney Meme: Our 21 Favorites (PICTURES)
During Tuesday night's Presidential Debate, people watching at home couldn't help but notice the serious expression Josh Romney was sporting in the audience. Every time he appeared in the background of a given shot, his sharp eyes and stern mouth ...
(Oct 18, 2012, Huffington Post (satire))
Contest: What's A Meme?
Today we kick off our first contest: Define "meme" without giving an example of a meme. This would seem to be an easy task, but in reality it isn't. Absolutely not one person I've asked can do it without resorting to things like, "You know it when you ...
(Oct 18, 2012, Huffington Post)
Google error triggers 'Pending Larry' Twitter meme
R.R. Donnelley handles thousands of securities filings a year for corporate clients in a routine process that is invisible to most investors. On Thursday Google and its shareholders found out just what happens when that process goes wrong. Google ...
(Oct 18, 2012, NBCNews.com (blog))
New Meme: Meet Ambivalent Single Lobster!
This is how I imagine most internet memes come to be. Yesterday, as I was sitting down to eat a massive sandwich at lunchtime, I joked that I was taking myself off the dating market for the foreseeable future (long story!) and that the biggest benefit ...
(Oct 18, 2012, The Frisky)
Romney's Binders: The Meme Women Love to Hate
Thank you Mitt Romney for your “binders full of women” gaffe. Surely you weren't intending to be condescending at the second presidential debate, but it turned out to be a perfect metaphor for the obstacles so many women face in the workplace. The ...
(Oct 19, 2012, TIME)
Morning Meme: Boxer Orlando Cruz Removes The Thorn, "Glee" Has a Kiki, and ...
Morning Meme: Boxer Orlando Cruz Removes The Thorn, "Glee" Has a Kiki, and ...
(Oct 19, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Want Thousands Of Twitter Followers? Put A Meme On It
O'Connor, a social media expert who also runs a blog about social media trends, says politicians should embrace the memes and the humor, to see them as an opportunity to engage with voters in a valuable way. "We live in an ironic era. I would counsel ...
(Oct 19, 2012, KMUW)
'Binders Full of Women' Meme Might Just Land Its Creator a Job
That's what happened to Veronica De Souza, a 23-year-old social media manager from Brooklyn whose very recent layoff inspired her to listen very closely to the debates on Tuesday night. When presidential candidate Mitt Romney made his infamous ...
(Oct 19, 2012, PayScale (blog))
US election scorecard: Obama 'wins by one Internet meme'
The U.S. presidential debates finally created some fireworks, as a re-energized President Barack Obama squared off against Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday. The candidates clashed bitterly over a host of topics, from energy policy to taxes and ...
(Oct 19, 2012, Globe and Mail)
Halloween costumes: How to dress as 2012's popular memes
Binders full of women: The second meme to come out of the debates, Mitt Romney's remark that he looked at “binders full of women” to find candidates for job openings has been a Halloween costume inspiration ever since the words left his mouth. There ...
(Oct 19, 2012, Washington Post (blog))
Hard Leads and Twitter Memes: The Making of News
This semester (and presidential campaign) are in full swing, and my students have a lot to say. As part of the "Blog Blog Project" I began last semester, students in my fall semester Politics & Technology class at the University of Delaware are writing ...
(Oct 19, 2012, Huffington Post)
Meme Brown leaves lasting legacy
During Meme Brown's courageous four-year battle with ovarian cancer, there are two things those close to her say she never lost: her will to fight and her unwavering faith. After four years of fighting the untimely illness, the 21-year-old who won the ...
(Oct 19, 2012, Elkin Jonesville Tribune)
Don't Let a Binders Meme Stick to You: 7 Tips to Say it Better
The binders meme is still stuck to Mitt Romney more than any other phrase, good or bad, has stuck to either candidate, despite the millions already spent on this high-stakes reality show that is gripping the country. Wrote Ari Melver of The Nation ...
(Oct 20, 2012, Forbes)
Windsor campus memes gain 'super virality'
One does not simply QWOP into the University of Windsor. If you understand anything about that sentence, chances are you're already familiar with the phenomenon of campus memes. If not, then you may want to take a look at UWindsor's unofficial memes ...
(Oct 20, 2012, MetroNews Canada)
Kanye West Collides With Wes Anderson in Tumblr Meme and Hipster Dream
But his greatest feat this week might just be his Tumblr domination, sparked by a new meme pairing Mr. West and Mr. Wes—Wes Anderson, that is. The site features stills from various Anderson movies, such as The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox, ...
(Oct 20, 2012, E! Online)
Tech theory backwards
The internet has turbocharged memes and they are perfect for Twitter, with its hashtag topic labels around which users share and connect. #destroythejoint is a meme that began in September as a response to a comment by Alan Jones on his 2GB radio show ...
(Oct 20, 2012, WA today)
Weekend Meme: Stephen Colbert Cameos In "The Hobbit," More Mormons ...
Weekend Meme: Stephen Colbert Cameos In "The Hobbit," More Mormons ...
(Oct 21, 2012, AfterElton.com)
An unconvincing pitch for female voters
Here we are in 2012 and talking about the role(s) of women, equal pay and opportunities, coverage for reproductive health, and #bindersfullofwomen, though, really, that meme is the least of our problems. Let's start with some good news: The second ...
(Oct 21, 2012, Philadelphia Inquirer)