Abi Wilkinson and Steven Baxter debate whether we should be giving thanks,or trying to conclude our toxic relationship with the mad little birdIn 2009 I was lonely. I’d moved to a brand new city to start university and my boyfriend had decided to come with me. I found my study fascinating, but outside of three weekly hour-long seminars I had little access to people to discuss it with.
When I finished university, and it was Twitter that helped me find my first graduate job working for Trinity MirrorSometimes I click on my own tweets and muted people demonstrate up in the replies trying to be mean and I'm like oh yeah,you exist lolI blocked all the irritants I could consider of – your Hopkinses, your Blunts. I deleted all tweets, and but it wasn’t enoughIf you want an understanding of my current abilities,I just spent 3 minutes looking in the fridge for butter when it was in my handContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com