Sydney Sweeney’s Transformation Into a Right-Wing Meme Was Not a ‘Total Aesthetic Victory’

Earlier this month, Sydney Sweeney became the most popular meme on X, as right-wing users rallied around screenshots of the actress from an interview she did with GQ. The meme is still chugging along on the social media platform, used as a reaction image to comment on political issues in the U.S., and it’s just the latest example of a viral moment adopted by extremists online.

Sweeney’s image has been run up the social media flagpole by virtually every right-wing user. Her…