In the 1980s it was the name of a Canadian rock group whose first big hit was the single, “I’m an Adult Now.” In 1993 the phrase served as the title of a self-help book whose subtitle was “Discovering the Pathway to Fulfillment, Well-Being, and Enduring Personal Joy.” The phrase, coyly misspelled, was appropriated for the title of a 2006 Will Smith movie about upward mobility, the acquisition of wealth, and the triumph of talent over adversity. That comedy became a musical of the same title in the 1940s. It provided the title for a 1933-34 Broadway comedy written by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall. The “pursuit of happiness” has led its own life in popular culture. It is because of your dedication to exposing the fraudulence of late-stage Pride capitalism and your willingness to make a ton of jokes that only like five queer people can understand, that I, a sarcastic gay person, will be able to make it to the end of the month with a smile on my face.People should be careful of trotting the founding fathers like its religion and then bastardize it to suit some ill informed perspective…. Without you, I would have had to confront Pride Month earnestly and head-on. To the meme community: Thank you for making this rainbow-saturated month truly special. Who cares if no one else is in on the joke? Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Nonetheless, I appreciate the sentimental value they most hold for others.Īll of these memes share one thing in common: they're here to celebrate the LGBTQ community. Then there are jokes that are so niche and so obscure I can barely understand them.
Many address issues of serious and current concern in the queer community, including whether or not it's acceptable to invite the police, who have a historically conflicted relationship with the LGBTQ community, to Pride parades.
These memes aren't necessarily for a general audience, and that's totally OK. Extremely pro-gay memesĮxtremely pro-gay memes are memes that only people in the LGBTQ community will likely understand. They're also just one type of Pride meme. Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deletedĪnti-corporate Pride Month memes are a blessing. Alternatively, meme artists will slam corporations for shilling useless rainbow merchandise while refusing to help the LGBTQ community with any money or structural support.
Memes will sometimes mock corporations for changing their logo to rainbow for Pride Month while ignoring LGBTQ rights the rest of the year. Anti-corporate pride memesĪnti-corporate memes typically target corporations who exploit Pride Month for their personal gain and profit, a phenomenon known as rainbow capitalism or gay capitalism.Ĭritics and meme artists often accuse corporations of demonstrating superficial support for the queer and trans community. Here are the best Pride memes from 2019 in both categories. If I were to classify Pride memes scientifically, I'd say that they tend to fall into one of two categories: anti-corporate Pride memes, which mock corporations for their participation in Pride Month, or extremely niche pro-gay Pride memes, which are far more affirming and serve the LGBTQ community directly. Memes of Meryl Streep's 'Big Little Lies' scream are so good you'll scream