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“It feels intimate and life affirming to me when someone tweets things that appear to just be insane thoughts they had and typed out then tweeted immediately, with little or no regard for how others might perceive them, simply because they were in a state of emotional desperation and felt like they…” quote by Mira Gonzalez — Download Open image

“It feels intimate and life affirming to me when someone tweets things that appear to just be insane thoughts they had and typed out then tweeted immediately, with little or no regard for how others might perceive them, simply because they were in a state of emotional desperation and felt like they didn't want to express those thoughts to anyone else.”

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I will sometimes post tweets that are about a specific person or people, in which case I will imagine the people I am tweeting…

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“what is the difference between being an independent person and being a person who is accepting of loneliness”

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“in the space between our bodies there is a cup holder filled with pennies a distance which can often take years to cross”

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I really like when people do 'stream of consciousness' tweeting, or when people's tweets come across as sort of manic and mostly unedited.

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I enjoy twitter accounts that are meticulously edited just as much as I enjoy twitter accounts that aren't edited at all, but it can…

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I often get asked by people 'Is your Twitter real?' and things of that nature. I'm never sure how to respond to that. My…

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I think my most shameful thoughts are the things people relate to the most, because everyone has questionable thoughts sometimes, and it's easy to…

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To me, Twitter often feels like shouting things into a two-way mirror that I know has people behind it, maybe even people I know,…

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I often tweet things that I would feel too horrified/embarrassed/ashamed to say to a friend or loved one, even though most of my friends…

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“everything anyone has ever felt is a variation of 'sad' or 'happy' or 'angry' everyone feels the same things over and over again”

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For reasons that I don't fully understand, Twitter is a place where I don't feel ashamed to say my most shameful thoughts.

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To be honest, I am not theatre-trained and though I am confident in my skill set, to do theatre requires a better-tuned set of muscles and I sometimes defer to actors who are better trained. But at the times I do want a shot, I'll go for it, especially if the piece speaks to me and the opportunity comes up.…

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