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Woman Yelling at a Cat: Two Images, Two Different Stories
Meet Smudge and understand Taylor Armstrong's account of the television scene behind Woman Yelling at a Cat, and how the edit creates its joke.
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Internet CultureRemembering Maru: The Cat Who Made a Box Worth Watching
Remember Maru's life, his dated Guinness record and the household behind his videos, with a careful look at…
Internet CultureI Can Has Cheezburger and the Rise of LOLspeak
How I Can Has Cheezburger helped spread LOLspeak: cat-caption grammar, community language play, LOLCODE and the contrast with…
Internet CultureGrumpy Cat: The Business Empire Built on a Single Photograph
How Grumpy Cat became a licensing business, why the $100 million earnings claim is disputed, and what the…
Internet CultureThe Rise and Reinvention of Cat Blogs: A History of the Feline Web
From Usenet and Friday catblogging to Cute Overload and Cheezburger: how cat blogs built communities, found audiences and…
Internet CultureCeiling Cat, Basement Cat, and the Imageboard Religion of Lolcats
How Ceiling Cat, Basement Cat, Caturday, and lolspeak became shared internet folklore, a collaborative Bible parody, and a…
Internet CultureThe Cat Distribution System: How a Joke Became Internet Folklore
Explore the Cat Distribution System meme, its 2022 popularization, real cat behavior, and why an unexpected feline may…
Internet CultureNyan Cat at 15: The Story Behind the Rainbow Pop-Tart
Follow Nyan Cat history from Torres’ charity drawing and the Japanese song to its viral loop, licensing disputes,…
Internet CultureCat Cafes: How a Taiwanese Idea Became a Global Institution
Trace cat cafes from Taipei to Japan, London, and Oakland, with the history of adoption lounges, local food…
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