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    On Pitying Melania

    Via memes, jokes, and fan fictions, many Americans have taken it upon themselves to feel bad for their new first lady. She is not in need of the sympathy.
    by Megan Garber Jan 25, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Did you see the gif? The one that features Melania Trump, the newly installed first lady of the United States, radiantly smiling as her husband gazes upon her … and then, as he turns away, allowing the grin to melt into a frown? Grin-grimace, grin-grimace, grin-grimace, looping into eternity.

    Call it a : The image seemed to reveal, in its frozen fluidity, an unspoken truth—about Melania, about her marriage, about all of us. During a time of Much News, it quickly became conversation fodder. “A Detailed Forensic Analysis of Melania Trump’s Creepy, Devastating Inauguration Smile/Frown.” shared it with the sardonic declaration that “.” magazine did a fact-check of the video the gif came from , finally, that “That Awkward Clip of Donald and Melania at the Inauguration , but warned that the video is inconclusive when it comes to its ability to reveal Melania’s emotions.) # trended.

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