I'm about studying all things Communications, Culture & Technology, interspersed with cats. Also telling the world Aaron Sorkin sucks. she/her
Jun 4, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I've rarely met a journalist who covers politics who hasn't got some crush on history. But it's odd how the profession that loves to review grand sweeps of changing tides is held back by the ownership of the outlets. In the end, the owners create the conditions for publication.
If you are a working journalist, you both "know" that ownership creates tension that can never be resolved, but you tell yourself (and your profession) that you will personally work VERY HARD to never let it effect you.
Or at least I said that at age 27 when I was reporting.
Oct 31, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
It's interesting Ivanka picked this example because the thing Jefferson's enemies were accusing him of -- fathering a child with a slave -- was absolutely something he did. 6 times as a matter of fact. Jefferson was bemoaning being called out for something he actually did.
Also Jefferson's daughter Martha never really knew how to treat her slave-born half-siblings. Martha had a complicated relationship with her dad. Sort of like Shiv's with Logan's on Succession.
Oct 31, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
So I bought a new iPhone via Apple financing, something I've done before but not since 2013. And I had a journey discovering what's new and problematic about the company that Apple uses for financing...
I bought my iPhone on 10/6 and I realized I hadn't gotten any paperwork in the mail when my next payment is due, my account number for setting up Bill Pay through my banking website, etc. So I called. And I realized how wildly the Apple financing rules had changed since 2013
Apr 18, 2019 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
We're literally being run by a Kangaroo Court now. Honestly feels that way. Not hyperbole, which feels...weird to feel?
I feel genuine alarm at my genuine alarm. Not taking an ironic public stance. I'm a professional communications advocate. I didn't always feel this way. It's all just pent up, amorphous fear of...something? What I'm not exactly sure I can put into real form. Just of something big
Jan 22, 2019 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Has anyone forgotten how scary it is to confront a crowd of rowdy young men???
A crowd of most thing except puppies and kittens is typically kind of intense at least. Especially a crowd of humans pointed directly AT you and jeering
Oct 8, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Was talking to my South American friend today about countries that once had stable (legitimate) Democratic elections and now don’t. She remarked: the news media coverage during their transition didn’t look any different than ours. Ie, not any more alarming on the surface.
I had to think about that for a moment, but she’s right. Whatever constituted “mainstream” news media in formerly stable democracies, could be translated into English and wouldn’t look very different day-to-day as long as things weren’t aflame.
Jul 8, 2018 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
Fuck it I’m 2 minutes in and I’m already annoyed. Let the #Sorkining begin!
Molly’s Game starts with Sorkin’s most famous way to introduce characters: someone reads you their resume, hitting each beat to personally tell you how smart they are. (Since this script is at least about a real person it may be one time it’s real? #Sorkining
May 6, 2018 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I listened to the 6minute 911 call a woman made to report 2 Native American students that she thought didn't belong. Knowing what the truth was, that they were 2 regular boys from New Mexico checking out a college tour, makes caller's words more important. safety.colostate.edu
Listen to how the woman describes her unease to the 911-dispatcher about the 2 Native American boys. She says "It's probably fine." "I've never done anything like this before." I'm sure I'm being paranoid." It's very banal...
Apr 29, 2018 • 19 tweets • 5 min read
So most people don't know this about me, but I'm actually one of the people who put together the research that demonstrated that media citations of women's appearance effects their relationship with voters. 1/
Have you heard somewhere down the line that media mentions of women's appearance (positive, negative or neutral) negatively effect a woman candidate's standing with voters? That's from this research done with @Lake_Research 2/ womensmediacenter.com/reports/name-i…
