%0 Journal Article
%T Unruly Women and Carnivalesque Countercontrol: Offensive Humor in Mediated Social Protest
%A Allaina Kilby
%A Anne Graefer
%A Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore
%J Journal of Communication Inquiry
%@ 1552-4612
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0196859918800485
%X At the Women¡¯s March in January 2018, many protest posters featured offensive jokes at the expense of Trump¡¯s body and behavior. Such posters were shared widely online, much to the amusement of the movement¡¯s supporters. Through a close analysis of posts on Instagram and Twitter, we explore the role of ¡°vulgar¡± and ¡°offensive¡± humor in mediated social protest. By highlighting its radical and conservative tendencies, we demonstrate how we can understand these practices of offensive humor as a contemporary expression of ¡°the carnivalesque¡± that is complexly intertwined with social change
%K offensive humor
%K social protest
%K women¡¯s march
%K digital culture
%K carnivalesque
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0196859918800485