I’m Aidan Walker, a writer, content creator, and internet culture researcher.

You can find my work at the BBC, Know Your Meme, The Daily Beast, Hyperallergic and other outlets. You can also find me on TikTok, @aidanetcetera where I have 11M+ post views and at my Substack, How To Do Things With Memes. I hold a Master’s degree in History-Literature from Columbia University, for which I wrote what to my knowledge is the first scholarly monograph on the Distracted Boyfriend meme. I’ve lectured on meme history and network culture at Princeton University, the University of Amsterdam, the University of Washington, and at other venues.