Unit Six Post: Nanette Tweets Reaction

I had some trouble deciding on what I wanted to revolve this blog post around. Just because I genuinely enjoyed every reading and episode within this unit. I loved the "Amber says What" and "Jokes Seth Can't tell" as well as the empowering article by Loofbourow, "The End of Male Approval in Comedy." However, reflecting on all of the pieces assigned this week, I realized that the piece that spoke to me most, and what I related to most, had to be Guillaume's "28 Tweet About Nanette To Send To Your Friends Who Haven't Watched it Yet." I must admit before continuing this blog post that I am a Twitter addict. Twitter is probably my favorite social media app and is what I use most. So reading this article created a very comfortable atmosphere for me and made it easy to comprehend and enjoy. 

The tweets Guillaume includes provide both humor and sincerity towards Gadsby's work. While the tweets are very short compared to a thoughtful and elaborate critique on Nanette, they allow the readers and audience to view people's reaction in a different type of way and format. One of the tweets say, "If you're a straight white guy please take some time to just sit down shut up and listen. Listen to @Hannahgadsby and #Nanette Listen to the women you live with. Listen to the women you work with. Listen to the broken woman who's rebuilding herself. JUST LISTEN." This is obviously a more serious and powerful tweet and doesn't contain humor. I like how this "tweeter," (the one who made the tweet) (I also think I just made that term up) is demanding in this tweet, and directing his thoughts towards the same audience that Gadsby was directing hers towards. He is very serious about the topic, which is completely necessary. Yet, following this serious and empowering tweet, Guillaume includes this tweet. "New bio on Bumble: 'Do not fucking talk to me until you have seen #Nanette.'" This is obviously very different than the previous tweet I included. But this is why I enjoyed this article so much. Maybe because this is how Twitter is really like. One minute you will read a mini paragraph about politics and how our world is in danger, then the next you're reading a sentence about how Sally loves the new Netflix series, Outer Banks, and won't be friends with anyone until they've watched it. 

While those tweets differed in many different ways, they are still providing their outlook and opinion on Gadsby's Nanette. For "non-tweeters," you may not have found this article as enjoyable and relatable, and that's both okay and understandable. I personally enjoy this format of expressing your opinion, thought, beliefs etc. However, I can see how one would enjoy the more elaborate, well thought response to a segment or any piece of work. The fact that I have become slightly obsessed with Nanette may also have come into play with my interest and enjoyment from the tweets as well. I don't know, just maybe. 

**having trouble inserting pictures or links for this post.. but you can check out the link that Professor Hanrahan gave us on Sakai if you would like to revisit this article!