Chris Hayes Podcast With Tressie McMillan Cottom | Why Is This Happening? – Ep 42 | MSNBC

Why do we summarize things into ‘tweet length versions’? It requires the flattening of nuance and personality and information that we need to talk about complicated things. Whether it’s the 280 characters of a tweet or a clickbait headline, we’re trafficking in hollowed out means of communicating that lack space for depth and complexity. While society is in a crucial moment of trying to figure out how to communicate with folks from different backgrounds about their own identities, we aren’t going to get anywhere talking in ‘tweet length versions’. What we need are ‘thick descriptions’, which Tressie McMillan Cottom is a purveyor of. Whether it be rage, gender, or for profit colleges, McMillan Cottom is able to guide you to the deepest part of any topic and mine for meaning when you get there.» Subscribe to MSNBC:

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Chris Hayes Podcast With Tressie McMillan Cottom | Why Is This Happening? – Ep 42 | MSNBC

3 comments

  1. Fantastic podcast! I just purchased Thick and subscribed to Tressee McMillan Cottom’s podcast! Thank you, Chris Hayes, for introducing her to us latecomers.

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