Category: STONKS

The Stonks meme has been superimposed onto the earth, spinning through dark space. An astronaut faces it, asking “Wait, they’re all memes?” A second astronaut stands behind them, gun pointed at the first, remarking: “always has been”.S
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May 13, 2021

STONKS Prologue: Dual Digital Discourse in the Post-MemeStocks Ledger

by Christine H. Tran and Arun Jacob How does a meme move? Held in your mouth, is it a verb, a noun, or an adjective?..
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May 13, 2021

A-Side: Gamer, Gambler, Trader, Troll

By Arun Jacob Introduction: Amor Intellectualis Diaboli What I felt was most interesting about the Gamestonk hullabaloo jumped at me from the pages of Adorno..
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A man in a business suit stands cross-armed against a blue background of stock prices, next to an orange arrow pointing sharply up. His head has been replaced with a simple computer graphic; the face flattened with small features imposed. The text at the bottom reads: “Stonks.”C
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May 13, 2021

C-Side: A Labour of Lulz: Meme STONKing in/as Cultural Work

By Christine H. Tran I. Stonks in Here Among Twitter users, a text meme persists about “the main character of the day” and how you..
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