Woman yelling at a cat

It juxtaposes two images: on the left, a screen capture of "Malibu Beach Party from Hell", an episode from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, depicting cast member Taylor Armstrong crying and pointing (held back by Kyle Richards); and a picture uploaded to Tumblr in June 2018, depicting a cat from Ottawa, Ontario, Smudge, sitting at a dinner table behind a salad with a seemingly bemused expression.

[2] Although Stillabower had no expectations of her Tumblr post going viral,[2] it nonetheless garnered 50,300 notes and reposts within a year,[1] which Business Insider's Paige Leskin suggested was due to the caption's use of internet jargon.

[1] Some journalists, as well as Stillabower herself, attributed the popularity of "woman yelling at a cat" to its flexibility of use;[2][1] subjects include daily scenarios such as encounters with spiders,[1] relationship problems in connection to texting,[1] someone noticing a relative masturbating to porn,[1] to debates such as violence in video games[1] and word pronunciations.

[7] The meme was represented in other formats, being used as Halloween costumes[8][9] (one of which Armstrong responded to on Twitter[10]) and for a sign at a September 2019 event in Guatemala protesting the San Rafael Mining Company.

[21] Writers cited "woman yelling at a cat" as an example of the pop culture impact of The Real Housewives franchise,[1] and how previously released media gain a second life on the internet.