Overview
- Celebrities including Kylie Jenner, Karlie Kloss, Mindy Kaling, Lena Dunham and Reese Witherspoon have posted 2016 throwbacks, reviving mid‑2010s aesthetics and memories.
- Scholars such as Jessica Maddox and Dustin Kidd say the sentiment reflects selective remembering and a line many draw before a seismic political shift.
- Coverage ties the mood to 2016’s mix of cultural highs like Beyoncé’s Lemonade, Moonlight, Fleabag and Stranger Things alongside losses such as Prince and David Bowie and the Pulse massacre.
- Commentators note that online life then felt more communal with fewer doomscrolling habits and a stronger shared media culture.
- The wave has drawn polarized reactions, with even innocuous posts prompting bad‑faith critiques that underscore today’s harsher online climate.