Love this Instagram post from @bookswithbrady featuring my memoir, Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment. Buy my book here, order a signed copy here, and read what people are saying about it here.
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The dedication for my memoir, Data Baby: My Life in a Psychological Experiment, got a shout out on X from @dedication_bot. A few other cool dedications from the account, which posts book dedications every four hours: “A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch by Sarah Hawley,” “The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlence,” and “Alone with You in the Ether: A Love Story by Olivie Blake.”
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“If X is a raging erection, Threads is the blank, phallus-less space between a Ken doll’s legs.” Read the rest of my latest Reverse Cowgirl newsletter: “Threads Is the Least Sexy Social Media App in Human Existence.”
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Yesterday, I posted a link to my Twitter feed, where I’d posted a GIF-heavy “Hire Me!” thread in which I outlined the different types of work that I do. After that, I created a series of Stories on my Instagram feed featuring the top 10 reasons why you should hire me. You can see them in my Stories for 24 hours, and after that they’re archived in the Highlight folder entitled “Hire Me!” at the top of my profile.
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Awhile back, a screen grab from an article I wrote on my Forbes blog was circulated on social media. The original story was "A Porn Star's Widower Delivers a Moving Speech at the Oscars of Porn." The portion of that piece that was widely disseminated focused on the fundamental challenge presented to women who work in adult. While everybody watches them, no one truly sees them. This tension -- between being visible and invisible -- is a fraught place in which to live.
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'Peek': 👩💻 to look briefly or furtively
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 1, 2017
'Peak': ⛰ the highest point or greatest degree
'Pique': 🧐 to anger or excite interesthttps://t.co/rbIVeMaqGJ
I'm a big fan of Merriam-Webster on Twitter -- yes, the dictionary -- because their social media is just aces. As someone who used to be a digital copywriter for billion-dollar brands, I know how challenging it can be to define the voice of a product and turn that expression into engagement.
'Timber': 🔨 wood suitable for building or carpentry
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 1, 2017
'Timbre': 🎤 the quality of a sound made by a voice or instrumenthttps://t.co/j4tOrE5Gw1 pic.twitter.com/9ImbzRxAQE
Merriam-Webster does a terrific job of this, sending out a tantalizing stream of tweets that inform, delight, and inspire involvement. Yesterday, they tweeted a link to a post defining the difference between timber and timbre. On Twitter, I suggested they do one on the difference between peek, peak, and pique. (Misuse of these terms drives me nuts.)
They used my suggestion! I ❤️ @MerriamWebster https://t.co/qIiPSCZJ3W
— Susannah Breslin (@susannahbreslin) December 1, 2017
Within hours, they'd done exactly that and created a post that dissected the various variations. I even learned a use of pique that I'd not been aware of previously: "Pique sometimes is used to mean 'to take pride in (oneself),' as in 'She piques herself on her editing skills.'"
This isn't the first time I've gotten a nod from Merriam-Webster. Earlier this year, I was quoted in a Merriam-Webster post about "Words from London," exploring "Words with London Origins." They quoted a Film Threat review I wrote years ago of "What Lies Beneath" in which I used the word "gaslighted."
In any case, if you want to see social done right, look no further than the dictionary.
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— Susannah Breslin (@susannahbreslin) November 4, 2017
This morning, I bought three small paperback books: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Immoralist by Andre Gide, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. Together, the trio tell the story of my Book Cover Memoir. If you're on Twitter or Instagram, take a photo of your Book Cover Memoir and hashtag it #bookcovermemoir.
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— Susannah Breslin (@susannahbreslin) January 15, 2017
There's a mildly interesting NYT article about "The Facebook Breakup." And the company's Compassion Team. And what it's like to have your relationship denouement played out live online.
“It’s not to say that Facebook shouldn’t make it easy to click that button to avoid certain painful memories,” she said. “But the reason we’re looking through those old love letters is we’re trying to work through our past. I think we just have to acknowledge the humanness of that process and be compassionate with ourselves. Life is supposed to be complicated.”
[NYT]