Taylor Black

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

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

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

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@mnolangray Does @blaseball count?

[Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @BiellaColeman]

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.

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

Good rule for all internet/social media “moments” tbh

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

Same! I found out not by reading the news, but by hearing the block party break out around the corner 😂

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@Confessant Yep!!!!

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

Oh, found the audience! Guess we’re getting antsy... #VeepsPerform

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

I don’t think this “thank you” thing is doing the work the moderator thinks it’s doing... #VeepsPerform

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@prolixpost Big transmetropolitan energy rn

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

There is a fly on his head and he doesn’t know it and all I can think of is #VeepsPerform

[Jae @jaesalinas]

Two panes of plexiglass will not save you from feeling this look.

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@SidorkinaMaria @Confessant I hope she’ll tweet the notes afterward! That’d be interesting

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

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

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

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

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

“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

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@Confessant

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@normamd8 When I did debate in college, my favorite judge would sing the Mario death sound when you ran out of time, I’d like to see that energy here...

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

Whoops! Lost his script there for a bit, seemingly rather unprepared for this topic...#Veepsperform

[Taylor Black @TaylorCBlack]

@atldramaturg Oh shoot really?! My bad, guess I’ll go then...