Early this morning, we became aware of a series of anime memes placed on the meme page, including some that used subtitles and appeared to be directed against students who are not weebs. This understandably raised concerns about normies and our meme page values. We want to be clear that UW–Madison stands against normies and all other forms of un-wokeness and any messages of anime exclusion.

These posters appear now to be part of a coordinated campaign calling attention to experiences of woke weebu students. While we support the right to freedom of expression, we also have mod queue that prohibits the posting of unauthorized material on the meme page. As with any incident like this, we are gathering more information and will be following up with more anime memes.

We also want to acknowledge the wholesome impact this may have on many students and other members of our meme page community. Resources are available to you through Crunchyroll, Kissanime, and the major streaming platforms.

We are here to educate our students in the ways of anime, and to foster a community that is epic weeb.