My favorite Twitter account is Amy Bloom's.
Ms. Bloom is very salty and droll in person; she was my teacher, in college. She uses Twitter as an art form. Her tone is restrained. She generally waits until she has something funny to say.
A bitchy conservative columnist posted, recently, a covertly sexist observation about Elizabeth Warren: "My youngest says she is like the kind of grandma who doesn't bake you cookies. He is saying she is cold, but I like his phrasing better."
Amy Bloom replied in the only way possible, surprising but inevitable: "My youngest says Trump is the kind of grandpa who punches you, leaves a bruise, and doesn't know your name."
Also, Bloom is especially lively when Tweeting about her arch-nemesis, the "Vichy Republican" Susan Collins.
Recently, Collins announced her intention to run for reelection. "Collins believes she is the centrist candidate, able to compromise, that Maine so badly needs....:
Bloom, on Twitter: "Clearly, she doesn't understand a word. Centrist, compromise--even believes is probably confusing to her."
And when it was reported that "Tulsi Gabbard rips Pelosi for failure to turn over impeachment articles" ....Bloom observed that "Gabbard rips no one. She is an inconsequential plastic butter knife...."
It's nice to find metaphor, irony, and parallelism in a Twitter account. It's inspiring.
You can still laugh, even in these dark times. Enjoy:
https://twitter.com/AmyBloomBooks
Ms. Bloom is very salty and droll in person; she was my teacher, in college. She uses Twitter as an art form. Her tone is restrained. She generally waits until she has something funny to say.
A bitchy conservative columnist posted, recently, a covertly sexist observation about Elizabeth Warren: "My youngest says she is like the kind of grandma who doesn't bake you cookies. He is saying she is cold, but I like his phrasing better."
Amy Bloom replied in the only way possible, surprising but inevitable: "My youngest says Trump is the kind of grandpa who punches you, leaves a bruise, and doesn't know your name."
Also, Bloom is especially lively when Tweeting about her arch-nemesis, the "Vichy Republican" Susan Collins.
Recently, Collins announced her intention to run for reelection. "Collins believes she is the centrist candidate, able to compromise, that Maine so badly needs....:
Bloom, on Twitter: "Clearly, she doesn't understand a word. Centrist, compromise--even believes is probably confusing to her."
And when it was reported that "Tulsi Gabbard rips Pelosi for failure to turn over impeachment articles" ....Bloom observed that "Gabbard rips no one. She is an inconsequential plastic butter knife...."
It's nice to find metaphor, irony, and parallelism in a Twitter account. It's inspiring.
You can still laugh, even in these dark times. Enjoy:
https://twitter.com/AmyBloomBooks
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