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Taylor Black

@taylorcblack

PhD candidate @nyuperfstudies, writing, teaching, ranting about lying on the internet and #thisweekinfake. Performativity enthusiast, D&D lover, lefty, she/they

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Also just realized this is a professional live performer alongside a radio show host—shows in how Kamala reacts (for the audiences benefit) when not speaking #VeepsPerform

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Pence gets his misinformation lines in so quietly, and I almost miss them in the cadence—he’s like the Ben Stein of political lies...#VeepsPerform

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“Because he doesn’t understand what it means to be honest.” Oof, under any other circumstances I’d probably grouse about situational ethics and the inherent ideology of the word honest but... #Veepsperform

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I reckon this is bc lawyer training but Kamala’s very good at first-principles argumentation, asking “do you know what that means” and scaffolding complex arguments—tough to do in this structure #Veepsperform

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I hope that one day, I too will get so excited about verbally demolishing a gormless white dude onstage that I half fall out of my chair #Veepsperform

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I don't think people understand that both history and micro-cultures matter when it comes to understanding Reddit or anonymous boards. You can equate Anonymous from 2011 to WSB. The problem is you need people studying these boards/subreddits because they are quite enigmatic.

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Me building my first syllabus: wow, I can use current events in media to really highlight the theory of this discipline for students and— Me today: OK, if we can get through 100 pgs of this theory stuff then we can talk about NFTs, I PROMISE