The meme artist calling us out on all our 21st century nonsense
Celeste Mountjoy is the meme artist behind Filthy Ratbag.
The 16-year-old high schooler creates politically-charged, sarcastic and emotive memes that tap into many unspoken and relatable feelings living in the 21st century.
Here is a selection of some of her posts:
Donald Trump is featured in 'WALLS', which suggests that Trump had a difficult childhood, "nobody can hurt me if I don't let them in".
The artist attempts to question who we are as a society in the 21st century. 'Lunch wid tha gals' portrays the false appearances we put forward in social situations.
Applying fake tan is also depicted, with the cutting text "you will never escape who you are Sally".
Simple, honest text such as "I don't like feeling uncomfortable" is powerful as a musing on the daily norms which we conform to, although they may not make sense for us to do personally.
Our constant struggle to feel satisfied with life and attempting to do so with material things is depicted in "I'm not actually hungry I'm just empty inside".
'First Date' is an accurate reflection on the need we feel to be impressive, accomplished and living a Facebook-like worthy life when searching for a partner.
The joy of birthdays is also painfully represented with a block of reduced price cheese and cheap red wine to parallel the bitter, dry notes of daily living.
'Daisy vs The Patriarchy' challenges the our perceptions of feminism and who exactly the patriarchy effects.
So many feels.
You can follow her Instagram account here or her Facebook page here.
