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“I am like you—breathing in this horror unfolding halfway across our world—a horror that is bigger than all of us and, at the same time, fits in the palm of our hands, even when clenched in a fist.”
Self-conflicting, addictive, yet nonetheless informative, this book questions my relationship with social media platforms. In joining @j7md ’s micro-residency, I finally unearthed the “personneteask print” file where I’d been compiling memes I’ve found, made or edited; and posted on @okmaispersonneteask since 2014. There’s solace in persistently maintaining the whimsical experience of early IG, where meme posts liked by 9 of your friends were equally reflective of a valuable and sexy digital existence.
-Written by V