"TikTok’s Americancore meme critiques cultural appropriation by exoticizing the familiar. Who has the last laugh?"
"In the parlance of Internet culture, the suffix “-core” denotes a visual aesthetic, a style evacuated of its deeper substance. Cottagecore, perhaps the most prominent example, refers to a cozy, bucolic life style of wood cabins and herbal tea, but one that can still be practiced in a city apartment."