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    Girls’ ‘pain memes’ on youtube: The production of pain and femininity on a digital network

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    Authors
    Dobson, Amy
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Book Chapter
    
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    Source Title
    Youth Cultures and Subcultures: Australian Perspectives
    DOI
    10.4324/9781315545998-16
    ISBN
    9781472426659
    Faculty
    Faculty of Humanities
    School
    School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81130
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In this chapter, the author tentatively calling pain meme' videos on You Tube created by teenage girls in Australia and other Western countries. The author use the phrase pain meme' to describe a particular style of video blog found on You Tube, and seemingly created mostly by young women, who use handwritten flash-cards and an emotive music soundtrack to narrate personal experiences of bullying, abuse, grief, and often also self-harm, eating disorders and anxiety. The videos related to Todd's that surface on You Tube have several stylistic features in common: the use of handwritten flash-cards to tell a story while the subject remains silent; a black and white film setting; and an emo' ballad soundtrack. Many such videos predate Todd's. Research conducted on the representation and discussion of self-harm and suicide online is of some use in helping us understand the meaning and function of pain meme videos.

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