Scared Woman Meme Template

Dark bob, pale grey suit jacket: the actress spins away from something, flaps both hands, clutches her hair, turns her back, then peeks out from behind her fingers, half screaming and half laughing.

It reads as panic played for comedy, like a telenovela reaction.

Nothing is said. Place the scary thing beside the panic: a spider, an inbox, a bill.

• me seeing 37 unread emails after a long weekend
• when the hygienist goes quiet mid-cleaning