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Elizabeth Gillies Walking is a reaction image based on a selfie video of the titular American actress sashaying on the set of a television show. Upon entering circulation on Twitter in September 2018, a still shot image from the footage have been used to convey self-empowerment and confidence in various jokes.

Origin

On September 28th, 2018, actor Elizabeth Gillies tweeted ^[1] a video of her walking to electronic music on the set of the American television series Dynasty on which appears. She captioned the tweet, "🕺🏻✨🕺🏻✨🕺🏻." The tweet received more than 19,000 retweets and 140,000 likes in one week.

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Following the post, people shared the video, adding captions about how the video reminds them of different moments in their life when they have exuded confidence. On September 30th, Twitter user @uhhmmily tweeted,^[2] "me after doing one (1) squat and showing off my new and improved body." The tweet received more than 200 retweets and 1,900 likes in less than one week (shown below, left).

The following day, on October 1st, Twitter^[3] user @sarahfneil1 captioned the video, "theater kids walking into a denny’s after their closing show." The tweet received more than 39,000 retweets and 240,000 likes in less than one week (shown below, center).

On October 2nd, Twitter^[4] user @PTRCLVS tweeted, "Me walking past the people I just passed cause I went the wrong way." The tweet received more than 100,000 retweets and 388,000 likes in less than one week.

Several media outlets covered the meme, including The Daily Dot, ^[5] Popbuzz,^[6] BuzzFeed ^[7] and more.

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