{"id":114558,"date":"2016-02-10T10:10:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T10:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/10\/meet-the-woman-responsible-for-the-greatest-gifs\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T10:10:47","slug":"meet-the-woman-responsible-for-the-greatest-gifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/10\/meet-the-woman-responsible-for-the-greatest-gifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Woman Responsible For The Greatest GIFs On The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet The Woman Responsible For The Greatest GIFs On The Internet<\/a><\/p>\n

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kenyatta<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Cat, who works by day as an instructional designer for California\u2019s Pacific Gas and Electric Company, says that the point of Animated Text is not so much the retro-\u201990s aesthetic itself, but rather her \u201crelationship with the followers.\u201d Every gif was specifically requested by one of her fans, so she sees each post as a collaborative process, rather than one where she\u2019s the \u201ckeeper of the keys\u201d or whatever.<\/b><\/p>\n

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By injecting more and more of herself into the Animated Text project, she became more and more comfortable with being vulnerable on the internet,<\/b> something she did not expect when she was designing ostentatiously disaffected gif mantras like \u201clol nothing matters\u201d or \u201cblog the pain away.\u201d That newfound comfort with being vulnerable online also inspired Frazier\u2019s latest venture: Ask Cat<\/a>, an \u201cadvice column for the smartphone age\u201d that you can submit to by texting 510-962-9372.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really affecting people\u2019s lives,\u201d she said earnestly<\/b>\u2014a far cry from the person you\u2019d expect to have made that (iconic, zeitgeist-capturing, etc., etc., etc.) \u201clol nothing matters\u201d gif. \u201cIt makes me feel like I can be a better person. I may still be the asshole that I am, but it makes me feel good and that I should treat everyone better and that maybe the internet isn\u2019t so bad after all.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

YES.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet The Woman Responsible For The Greatest GIFs On The Internet kenyatta: Cat, who works by day as an instructional designer for California\u2019s Pacific Gas and Electric Company, says that the point of Animated Text is not so much the retro-\u201990s aesthetic itself, but rather her \u201crelationship with the followers.\u201d Every gif was specifically requested … <\/p>\n

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