Big Woman Little Woman Meme

There’s no denying that Greta Gerwig’s movie Little Women has made Twitter a buzz, and that includes a viral meme that typifies the mess that is postmodern. The meme has universal appeal and has spread faster than the scarlet fever epidemic that swept through the book’s original setting.

The “girl explaining” meme is a counterpoint to the more established mansplaining memes. It depicts a young woman yelling into the ear of a bored man. It originated on Spanish-speaking social media in 2019 and has gained immense popularity on English Twitter in the past few weeks.