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12 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
What century are you tweeting this from?
Be a puritan if you want but in what universe is “fuck you” usually a violent threat 🙄
I really can not do precious adults. Pet peeve.
Like after age 30, I cannot stomach adults who are so constantly, persistently INJURED by daily life. I’m sure it is projecting and I can live with that. But good grief.

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6 Jan
The title undersells (for good reason) the piece's thoughtful consideration of branding, empire, cult of personality & consumption-as-identity.

My friend's life was ruined* by a Magnolia Network Home Makeover.

*made worse for quite awhile megconley.com/my-friends-lif…
"Beware the Hey Girl, it's always the preamble to an excuse or bad news. The images of the text conversations are little art pieces. Each vibrating with the anxiety that attending niceness deployed to protect from power."

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"In their privacy policy, Magnolia says their “websites currently do not respond to Do Not Track signals in browsers.” This means that even if you’ve opted to have trackers disabled on a browser, Magnolia will override your choice and track your internet browsing. "
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7 Dec 21
Calling all letter writers. My niece’s class is tracking Gingy and could use some data collection help. It is very important that Aunt Tressie trick this assignment out for the kids.
If you live somewhere REALLY exotic like one of the Dakotas, that is great 😂

They need this lesson because I still cannot really tell you which one is New Hampshire and look at how horribly I turned out.
I spotted him at @epiloguebooksch with a book bag and a churro :)
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5 Dec 21
Sometimes I’m working with someone on a project and I express a strategy about design or marketing or process or something considered professional. And they are surprised? Sometimes I ask them why and it is very eye-opening.
And I laugh because they legitimately think I am in the room because I’m like sassy or something. Everybody is so racist and sexist lol
One time a famous rapper told me about going to business meetings and they have a table full of champagne. At 9 am. And he was laughing saying, “my man, I eat clean and also it is breakfast and this is a brand meeting.”
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5 Dec 21
My sister has me watching Love and Marriage Huntsville and she is living to regret this.
First of all, I hit pause so we could look at the poverty rate in Huntsville. Because this ostentatious Black wealth with a heavily working class inflection got me confused.
Then someone named Melody hired interns and demonstrated an alarming disregard for responsible supervision. So I hit pause to explain that unpaid labor should have an educational experience to compensate for the exploitation
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2 Dec 21
I cannot even put into WORDS how I felt when my doorbell rang as I was teaching and a delivery person handed me this GORGEOUS bounty from Chef @andreareusing of @LanternNC
There are only two other gifts in my life that are in this god tier.
I take this amazing, thoughtful gift as a sign from the universe that I am living a life so authentic to me that empathetic people know how to make me happy. Thank you a million.
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30 Nov 21
The @nightschoolbar on #GivingTuesday

fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/night-school-b…
I do not generally support brands on social media because, one, it’s too much pressure and, two, when I ask you to support something I want you to trust that it’s really important.

This week and any week, please consider supporting your LOCAL bail fund and/or @nightschoolbar
I always appreciate your support, obvi, but I’m full up on gifts! If you have ever felt inclined to tip me, these two causes are really good approximations of my values: debt-free humanistic inquiry for all & freedom over money. Thank you 🙏🏾.
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