Share this page!

Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Twitter logo
Feb 5 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
WHAT A GIFT

El DeBarge: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert : NPR npr.org/2022/02/04/107…
So in my feelings with this one. Just thank you, whoever made this happen at NPR. 🙏🏾
I just want to stroke his hair. Not in a creepy way. Okay, maybe in a creepy way.
Okay maybe I’ve been a little haughty about the girl-who-supports-the-rock-band trope. But if he needed it (and he does not, to be clear) I would legit sponsor El. Just keep him okay and singing. I see how it happens now.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Tressie McMillan Cottom

Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @tressiemcphd

Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Feb 6
Oh let’s buckle up, buttercups.
There is something about people who play “jackass style pranks” on people. I don’t like them and I’ve yet to be proven wrong.
Those pranks are on the edge of “abused animals” which we accept as a anti-social warning sign of one of the -pathys. So of course the Jerrys enjoyed playing pranks. They’re pathys.
Read 11 tweets
Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Feb 2
I am frustrated so I went to a stupid workout class. Now I’m sore and frustrated. Thanks Obama.
Anyway, I know I have to wake up tomorrow and walk away from something. My spirit is clear about that. But that will be a figurative walk because my hamstrings have one long cramp going on.
Also? Screw you. I work hard. Just screw you, world!!
Read 4 tweets
Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Jan 23
I sure try but if it makes anyone feel better many of my students hated me last semester. lol Class was too easy and too hard, too long and too short, etc. but certainly try.
Worst student reviews of my career. I mean, my lowest response rate ever, too. But they hated it all.
My plan moving forward is lots of bubble sheets lol I/k
Read 4 tweets
Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Jan 23
One thing about me is I cannot stand a secret sermon. Everyone who knows me knows this 😂
And it’s not always to my benefit to be this way. Audiences actually love a sermon. Every week for almost ten years now I’ve gotten at least one e-mail from a reader demanding I tell them what/who is “good” or “bad”. People love moral certainty.
But I know exactly who I am and what I do in the world. I’m not your girl for good/bad. I’m your girl for yes/and And that’s okay. We get to exist too.
Read 4 tweets
Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Jan 21
You bring up high school in a routine conversation after age 35 and I zone out. 🤷🏾‍♀️
And god help me if you bring it up FREQUENTLY to explain who you are today, as an adult. It just means we have little in common. Great if it works for your peer group. It doesn’t work for mine
Because as you start going on about how Billy pushing you in the 10th grade made you skittish around water fountains, I have nothing to respond with. I have no idea what happened in the 10th grade. None. Those aren’t my formative years.
Read 4 tweets
Tressie McMillan Cottom Profile picture
Jan 21
It's become a real screenwriting crutch, like a skull on a bookcase to indicate someone is "smart" in a particular "you're going to hate them" kind of way. It's lazy.

I know I had a good score because I got a full ride. And I couldn't tell you that score if you paid me.
In general, I do not get along well with adults who ever talk about high school. It's just a bad, bad sign. College is only okay if its a story about being a ho and/or your first edible experience.
The way I hedged this and still managed to bring out a hundred “but what about mes” is all on me.
Read 5 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @tressiemcphd has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @tressiemcphd!

Read all threads by @tressiemcphd

:(