# Big Red Big Red is the online nickname for Chanty Binx, a Toronto feminist activist who went viral in April 2013 after being filmed loudly arguing against men's rights activists at a University of Toronto event. The clip circulated for years on YouTube, Reddit, and Encyclopedia Dramatica as a shorthand for confrontational campus activism. ## Overview Big Red is the internet nickname given to Chanty Binx, a Toronto resident who was filmed yelling feminist counter-arguments at a men's rights event at the University of Toronto in April 2013[1]. The tag comes from her bright red hair in the footage, and the clip made her one of the most-circulated targets of anti-feminist YouTube commentary in the mid-2010s[4]. The core video shows Binx reading arguments off a sheet of paper while confronting attendees outside the event. Her volume and gestures made the clip highly quotable, and it was reposted with hostile captions across YouTube, Reddit, and Encyclopedia Dramatica[5]. ## How It Spread The same day the video went up, Redditor Kamen935 crossposted it to r/videos, where it collected more than 2,600 votes at a 74% upvote ratio before being archived[2]. Ten days later, on April 15th, the feminist news blog Manboobz, later renamed We Hunted the Mammoth, reported that Binx had been doxxed and was getting anonymous death threats[3]. On April 17th, 2013, YouTuber bane666au uploaded "Meet Chany Binx (Big Red) Reminist and hypocrite," which stitched together 2012 footage of Binx yelling at a street preacher in downtown Toronto[4]. A week later, on April 25th, YouTuber spector969 released an electronic dance music remix built from vocal samples of her shouting. An entry for Big Red was created on Encyclopedia Dramatica on August 20th, 2013[5]. The character stayed in rotation into the next year. On September 21st, 2014, Redditor tt12345x posted a photo of Binx to r/punchablefaces, pulling over 2,200 votes at a 96% upvote ratio in the first two months[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Big Red? Big Red is the online nickname for Chanty Binx, a Toronto feminist activist filmed shouting at a University of Toronto men's rights event in a widely circulated 2013 YouTube video[1]. ### Where did Big Red come from? The name took off after YouTuber 18upper uploaded footage of Binx on April 5th, 2013, and Redditor Kamen935 crossposted it to r/videos the same day[2]. ### What does Big Red mean? The nickname refers to Binx's bright red hair in the University of Toronto MRA-event footage, and was used as shorthand for the woman in the clip across YouTube and Reddit reposts[4]. ### How do you use Big Red? The clip was typically reposted with hostile captions and remixed into reaction videos, most notably YouTuber spector969's April 25th, 2013 EDM edit built from her shouted vocals[5]. ### Is Big Red still popular? Big Red is a mid-2010s classic rather than an active format; the r/punchablefaces repost in September 2014 was one of the last major viral resurfacings of the character[6]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYyGTmcP80]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/]() 3. [https://wehuntedthemammoth.com/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/big-red-chanty-binx]() 5. [https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Big_Red]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/punchablefaces/]() 7. [https://stfueverything.tumblr.com/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/big-red Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library