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Saturday Night Live is a polarizing show. There are the people who think the sketch-comedy show been unwatchable for years, and then there are the people who watch it religiously because, well, routines or something? Last night, indie rocker Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest, and it seems her performance united both camps, because it's all that Twitter is talking about. 

At the end of Bridgers' final performance, the musician smashed (or attempted to smash, depending on who you ask) her guitar. Guitar smashing is a long-running and classic rock move, one that performers such as Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Pete Townsend were quite skilled at. But judging by some of the confused reactions on Twitter, people have forgotten the longstanding albeit destructive tradition. Some of the takes suggest widespread boredom - because people are equating the smashing to white privilege. Other takes are spent defending Bridgers' actions. Phoebe herself had to explain that it was an inexpensive guitar, and she had obtained the blessing of its manufacturer. The best tweets, however, add some comedic flair to the weirdly controversial performance. 

We know that all women are different, but there are certain things that most of us understand universally. So whether you're a woman or femme person, we think you'll relate to the following memes we curated just for you. And check out some more feminine memes here if you're so inclined!

If you're feeling down or like your life isn't going anywhere, we've got some memes and pics for you. Incels and neckbeards, with their cheeto-dusted fingers and Mountain Dew tinted teeth, are basically the stuff of facepalm legend. They lurk the internet making fools of themselves, and entertainment for us. These are their stories.

If you're not familiar with what "manspreading" is, it's the stereotype that men tend to take up more space than necessary in public spaces by spreading their legs. Women, on the other hand, are stereotyped as trying to take up as little space as possible by crossing their legs or keeping them tightly closed.

A student at the University of Brighton was fed up with dudes taking up too much room on the bus so she created an art project called the "Manspreading Chair," which forces men to keep their legs closed. 

Whether or not you believe manspreading is a cultural problem, you gotta admit that the whole thing is pretty effing meme-able!

Kinkshaming is pretty frowned upon, but there are some people that take things so far that it's unavoidable. Two days ago, a Twitter account by the name of @learningtosubm1 triggered the social media site with a disconcerting post about getting pregnant. 

After a long year, my husband finally believes I am ready to carry his child in my womb. To feed them with my body. To give him my whole body for his descendants. Im ready to receive his seed, to become fully his. Cant wait to be impregnated <3 to he owned

The overtly submissive and arguably antiquated message quickly went viral, with Twitter favorites such as Brandy Jensen and @leon weighing in with savage burns and desperate disbelief. The shock and horror, and the righteous burns, are incredibly entertaining. While we'd like to believe that this disaster of a tweet is real, scrolling through the account and its wealth of stock photos, it seems like this person is heavily dedicated to the role of a submissive wife. It's gross, but boy do we love to hate-read this sh*t.

Ladies, we gotchu. We know all about the annoying BS that often comes with being a woman. You've got periods, impossible body standards, and of course let's not forget about those f*cky clothing sizes that make us all want to rage until the sun comes up. These memes will help you feel heard.

This is why we can't have nice things. A well-meaning comic from 2013 was recently dug up and has since become a pretty popular meme - one that has been used for good and evil. The meme, which is meant to convey that feminism involves kindness between men and women, is being used to argue against that point. Give an incel a computer, amirite? The image macros have actually gone on to inspire a totally separate meme - "Some crimes can never be forgiven." We've rounded these guys up but implore you to take them with a grain of salt. 

Thank you, Literary Twitter for starting our new favorite hashtag challenge. The fun stems from the #OwnVoices hashtag, which addresses the voices of marginalized communities. The hashtag naturally had its critcs; among them was a male author that insisted he was living proof that men are capable of penning realistic female characters. After Gwen C. Katz  shared some super-cringey passages of his proof, the challenge was born. 

Women on Twitter quickly began parodying the passages, describing their most coveted features in hilarious and painfully flowery fashion. Many of these tweets show greater writing chops than we've seen in some books. While the fetishization of female characters is certainly getting old, we could read these farcical tweets all day.

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The "Rare Steak" meme format first appeared in March of 2017 - but it wasn't until this week that it really took hold and delivered dank goodness. The meme, in which a waiter presents a diner with rare steak, is used to describe something that the poster deems uncommon. Like Amy Schumer performing original material Here are some of our favorite examples of this super exploitable meme. Or, if you need something a bit differet, check out what happened when Reddit uses memes to solve mysteries.