Author Archives: Dorothea Armijos

The art of trolling is such an interesting concept when you think about it. Not only at a scholarly level but on a modern one as well. Trolls are imagined as people who are hunched over big computers, constantly on online forums, looking for some poor chump to troll. While that stereotype makes up forContinue reading “The Art of Being A Troll (Swiftie Edition)”

In my personal opinion, it can be argued that it is an art. Socrates considered ‘trolling’ an art, and while there are artistic aspects, trolling nowadays is meant to be provocative, aiming to upset an individual or a group of people. There are a surprising number of trolling guides online. Trolling can be seen asContinue reading “Response 5”

I found an article by the New York Post about a bride getting ‘trolled’ on her wedding day. The video has over 100,000 likes on TikTok. A Utah bride hosted a workout class on her wedding day with her bridesmaids. She posted the video in March 2023, but she married her husband in July 2022.Continue reading “The (Lack) of Art in Trolling”

The ‘Karen’ meme is a well-known phenomenon, the word thrown around on various social media platforms. Karen is a term used to describe exclusively problematic, middle-aged, white women. These women are usually seen acting hysterical over the tiniest inconveniences, or in terms of internet slang, “out of pocket.” A lot of ‘Karen’ behavior tends toContinue reading “Karen’s (Unmeaningful) Origin Story”

1st Reading  The words “the road not taken,” are a famous phrase. The beginning of the poem always sticks out to me for that reason. The overall meaning of the poem is very clear and concrete to me, how Robert Frost is faced with two different paths in front of him and he chose toContinue reading “Reading Response 3: Robert Frost”

Admittedly, as someone who has seen the term used online, I had no clue of its origin. Many agree that the term Karen seems to derive from one of Dane Cook’s comedy routines, ‘The Friend Nobody Likes,’ but a modern connection is found in the film Mean Girls, as a character named Karen asks “soContinue reading “Reading Response 2: The Karen Problem”

In my everyday life, I tend to use emojis and all caps the most. I love texting with emojis, and now Apple has these things called ‘memojis’ which is basically an emoji avatar you can design to look like you. They are perfect for when I either don’t have words for a response but feelContinue reading “REFLECTION: Slaughterhouse 5”

Hold up: Bill Pilgrim is seriously NOT with the times. He goes to bed sad about his dead wife 👰🏼and wakes up getting’ married again 🙄. He just keeps walkin’ in and out all these doors. Yikes, seen his birth, GROSS 🤢 and death, WOW. Outta touch and outta time FR. He just be talking.Continue reading “Slaughterhouse 5 Modern Translation”