Basic White Girl Tapestry

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Basic White Girl Tapestry is a type of stereotypical tapestry, often featuring a mandala or a similar design, that is supposedly often hung up in their bedrooms by young females. In memes, the tapestry, particularly a blue and red one with string lights dangling in front, became generally associated with the Basic Bitch archetype and described as a sign that the owner of the room is promiscuous.

Origin

On August 31st, 2018, Twitter^[1] user @iucipur tweeted an image of a tapestry with a mandala design hanging on a bedroom wall and decorated with two lines of fairy lights, commenting, "If her bedroom looks like this, she will cheat on you and say her horoscope told her to." The tweet gained over 80 retweets and 220 likes in four years (shown below).

On May 16th, 2019, iFunny^[2] user garlicbasedandbeardpilled posted a screenshot of the tweet to the app, where it was featured and gained over 57,900 smiles in three years.

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On May 3rd, 2021, Redditor^[3] 13-fity posted a Started Pack meme about a "girl who thinks she's unique" which, among other items, included the tapestry. The post gained over 41,900 upvotes in the /r/starterpacks subreddit in one year (shown below, left). On June 9th, 2021, Tumblr^[4] user wreckitrm posted the image in response to a post by lactating, who wrote, "pride flag for girls who only smoke other people's weed." The exchange gained over 29,100 likes and reblogs in one year (shown below, right).

On May 21st, 2022, Twitter^[5] user @superloafcat posted an American Psycho Sex Scene meme based on the image that gained over 14,500 retweets and 216,300 likes, with more jokes about the tapestry being made on Twitter in the following weeks.

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