Abigail De Kosnik on Kamala Harris Fandom
Abigail De Kosnik talks about Kamala Harris' presidential campaign and pop and meme culture to various media outlets. In particular, Gail discusses the latest "Kamala IS Brat" memes. Check them out!
From the NBC article:
“I think there’s some edge to Harris being the first Black and Asian American woman candidate for president of the United States that kind of just puts her automatically in that defiant kind of oppositional space in the culture,” De Kosnik said.
A typical “brat girl sees Kamala and sees something of herself in Kamala,” she added.
“‘Brat’ just sets Kamala Harris’ campaign up for that defiant stance that says, ‘We’re not perfect, and you’re going to call us out on everything, but we’re still winning because we’re honest and we’re just ourselves, and we’re going to take this whole thing,’” De Kosnik said.