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Jul 2024

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Is Kamala Brat? How The Politician Memed...

THE POLYESTER PODCAST

About this episode

The Kamalanomenon is here. You think you just fell out of the coconut tree? This week, hosts Ione and Gina break down how brat summer, among other Kamala memes, morphed from gen z nihilistic irony into millennial girlboss earnestness - and how the memeification of politics affects us all.

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