Bimbo Picks Up a Book

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About

Bimbo Picks Up a Book, also known as Debimbofication, refers to a series of memes based on an illustration of a blonde, conventionally attractive woman ("bimbo") picking up a book and transforming into a brunette in jeans. The illustration became a subject of controversy in 2017 before inspiring a meme format.

Origin

On February 9th, 2017, DeviantArt^[1] user Sortmid posted an illustration of a tanned, blonde woman in heels and a dress transforming into a brunette in jeans after reading a book (shown below). On February 15th, 2017, Twitter user @hausofriya^[2] reposted the illustration, stating that the person's mother would be embarassed that they drew the artwork (shown below). Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 54,000 likes and 26,400 retweets.