We’ve all got our topics we could give a full-blown TED Talk on at a moment’s notice to an empty room. And we all know exactly what it feels like to start talking about those things to the people in ...

As a counterpoint to long-established mansplaining memes like that one guy shouting into a girl’s ear at a nightclub, the latest hot meme format is all about girlsplaining. The meme initially spread ...

An image of an impassioned girl yelling into the ear of a guy who appears indifferent to what she's saying has captivated the internet. She's the "girl explaining" — and seemingly everyone finds her ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Callum Booth covers the intersection of art and internet culture. Since entering the final quarter of the year, a curious trend ...

A viral TikTok exchange about a New Year’s resolution involving 365 buttons has confused the internet — and birthed an iconic catchphrase TikTok user “Tamara” mysteriously said she was “getting 365 ...

Part of a good joke is people getting it. If nobody does, who is going to laugh at it? The same applies to memes. However, some of them are so niche, you need to have a Ph.D. in internet culture to ...

There is no escaping the word "folk" on Instagram at the moment, all because of a select few irony pages that have pasted it ...

The spread of the novel coronavirus has led to a public health crisis that has residents across the globe feeling on edge. Bars and clubs are shut down, restaurants are switching to take-out only, ...

When you've built a career around explaining race and racism to people, what happens when you find a moment you just don't want to explain? That time came for me this week, as memes were rocketing ...

The image that launched Ai Weiwei’s meme (via @aiww on Twitter) It started on Instagram last Wednesday, when Ai Weiwei posted an image of a man holding his leg like a rifle with the words “京城反恐系列” ...