Booktok be wilding sometimes

This meme uses a widely recognized shocked, floating Squidward reaction template from the animated show SpongeBob SquarePants to satirize common criticism of modern romance novels frequently promoted on the TikTok subcommunity BookTok. The top text sets up a hypothetical contest measuring the amount of misogyny and sexual assault (SA) content present, and jokes that popular modern romance books written by women are unbeatable opponents, leaving the speaker stunned and unable to compete.

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when I'm in a misogyny and SA competition and my opponent is popular modern romance books written by women

Overview

This meme uses a widely recognized shocked, floating Squidward reaction template from the animated show SpongeBob SquarePants to satirize common criticism of modern romance novels frequently promoted on the TikTok subcommunity BookTok. The top text sets up a hypothetical contest measuring the amount of misogyny and sexual assault (SA) content present, and jokes that popular modern romance books written by women are unbeatable opponents, leaving the speaker stunned and unable to compete.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit Meme subreddit, distributed via RSS feed with the original title 'Booktok be wilding sometimes'. It remixes an established SpongeBob reaction meme format to participate in ongoing discourse around problematic, often harmful themes that appear in many viral BookTok romance titles.

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