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author of BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY (@DuttonBooks, 2024). sex & culture critic. survivor. she/her. 🏳️‍🌈
Jul 8, 2018 12 tweets 4 min read
I wrote a massive essay about @roseybeeme's plane couple thread, leaving strangers alone, and the erosion of the divide between public figures and private citizens, someone stop me The story of the live-tweeted plane couple (#CatchingFlightsANDFeelings) infuriated me. Here's my analysis of how social media's erosion of the divide between public figures and private citizens is now complete.

WE ARE ALL PUBLIC FIGURES NOW: bit.ly/2MUC0eD
May 6, 2018 8 tweets 2 min read
I've decided to watch The Social Network again for the first time since I started working in social media four years ago. Let's go, Twitter. Someone should find Mark Zuckerberg's fictional ex-girlfriend Erica who dumped his arrogant, insulting ass less than four minutes into the movie and put her in charge of the free world.
May 2, 2018 13 tweets 4 min read
Ross Dothan's NYTimes column about "The Redistribution of Sex" is a great example of why people who are not well-versed in sexuality as a field should not be writing about topics as fraught as incels and their violent demands of more sexual gratification from women. Our response to incels should NOT be a thought experiment about sex robots + government sex redistribution programs. It should be a blistering disavowal of their violent, misogynist worldview, and a conversation about creating a healthier, more respectful sexual culture for all.