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20 Best Dog Memes Ever - 3 views

http://www.rantpets.com/2014/09/21/20-best-dog-memes-ever/?utm_source=Taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=retest&utm_term=Title4&utm_content=theonion-theonion#slide_1

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started by lilliegilbert on 24 Mar 15 no follow-up yet
Haydn Wall

Explaining Twerking to Your Parents - 28 views

www.nytimes.com/...-twerking-to-your-parents.html

shared by Haydn Wall on 03 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Mae P on 03 Sep 13
     
    "Patiently respond that, for Ms. Cyrus, twerking is a brazenly cynical act of cultural appropriation being passed off as a rebellious reclamation of her sexuality after a childhood in the Disneyfied spotlight, but, in the end, who are we really to judge? " This sentence just summed up everything I feel about Miley Cyrus
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  • Gibson Katz on 03 Sep 13
  • Cody Duane-McGlashan on 03 Sep 13
     
    I find this article pretty funny, especially since my grandma asked me just yesterday about twerking. She probably would have had no idea what twerking was if the New York Times hadn't written an article about how to explain it, which ironically parents are far more likely to read than their kids.
  • Bella Levaggi on 03 Sep 13
     
    This is a well-written, well-executed satirical piece that does an effective job of highlighting what I believe are the actual problematic aspects to Miley's twerking (the cultural appropriation rather than her right to display her sexuality as she saw fit, even if one doesn't personally find it attractive), while also offering humor to make it less pedantic. This medium hopefully makes it easier for old straight white guys to process the incident.
  • Sarah Asch on 04 Sep 13
     
    I think this is a very important article to publish in response to the VMA twerking media boom because it takes the focus off of Miley Cyrus but it doesn't try to ignore her involvement. It's true: we are not to judge. This is not the first or the last time that a child star has done something that could be perceived as an attempt to gain media attention or to throw off an image they created in their early acting. This moves away from comments like "Miley Cyrus needs to keep her tongue in her mouth," and towards that relatable comic episode that we have all experienced when our parents ask us about things that all teenagers know and that parents can't seem to figure out--like a meme.
  • Jordan B on 25 Sep 13
     
    I think this article is extremely well written and effectively and intelligently points out the motivations for and problems with Miley Cyrus' twerking debacle. The medium puts it in a form that many adults and younger generations will understand, "the Talk" but also gives the problematic aspects of Cyrus' performance due credit. It's entertaining but not offensive and the author clearly knows what he's talking about.
  • Meg Weiss on 28 Oct 13
     
    First of all, content wise, I completely agree with Mae. As far as the writing style goes, I love that the writer created a role reversal between a teen and their parents. Their writing made it seem to a helpful parenting book, preparing parents with responses and reactions when their child comes up to them and asks where babies come from. It was comical, but also brought up some good points/opinions.
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