I was wrong. In the last article of this series on cyberfeminism, I suggested a method for spreading feminist ideas: using humor — a somewhat sarcastic humor inspired by memes — by reclaiming the codes of the far right for progressive and feminist ends. To prove my point, I spent three hours yesterday creating “Pepe memes” (they’re published on Farcaster). The result? First, I’m not very funny, and second, it wasn’t even fun or liberating. Making fun of a tradwife didn’t make me laugh. Nor di...

I was wrong. In the last article of this series on cyberfeminism, I suggested a method for spreading feminist ideas: using humor — a somewhat sarcastic humor inspired by memes — by reclaiming the codes of the far right for progressive and feminist ends. To prove my point, I spent three hours yesterday creating “Pepe memes” (they’re published on Farcaster). The result? First, I’m not very funny, and second, it wasn’t even fun or liberating. Making fun of a tradwife didn’t make me laugh. Nor di...