Still: Is Harris “brat”? As a person and politician, not really. The potential Democratic Party nominee is not a “3-6-5 party girl” with a “city sewer slut’s” vibe, which means the sudden rise in Brat-related Harris memes is in part just the internet doing what the internet always does: combining what’s trending for maximum impact. But in some ways, the answer to that question doesn’t matter. The essence of “brat” is not defining people as such; it’s being simultaneously provocative and vulnerable—a quality that XCX perhaps sees in Harris and her campaign.