This artifact is Michelle's Twitter page made to document her roommate's thoughts ("ramblings").
The submitter provided the following about the artifact’s history:
Twitter. My roommate Michelle made a Twitter of weird things our other roommate Emily says.
Because my ramblings are important. And necessary.
Emily in the sea: "It's like floating in mother earth's warm placenta."
#beachday
I'm not an angel. I'm just a deviled egg.
Re: alligator snapping turtle: "oh my! That's one of god's mistakes."
#emilygoestothezoo
Given Text
Linguistic Text:
T-Mobile LTE 1:33 PM 70%
Following
Em
@emilysramblings Follows you
27 Following 5 Followers
Tweets Tweets & replies Media Likes
Em @emilysramblings 9/23/17
Em @emilysramblings 9/12/17
Em @emilysramblings 9/11/17
Visual Text:
In the upper left hand corner, there is a signal symbol that is completely whited out. In the upper right hand corner, from left to right, there is an outline of an arrow, a bluetooth symbol, and a partially empty battery symbol.
Under the "T-Mobile" there is a left facing arrow. Under the "70%" there is a feather symbol next to a plus in a circle.
Under those two symbols, there is another row of symbols. The far left is the avatar, which is a vague grey silhouette of a person. To the right there is a gear symbol in a circle, a letter symbol in a circle, and a bell with a plus symbol in a circle.
Next to each tweet is a circular picture of the same aforementioned silhouette.
At the bottom of the screenshot there are four symbols. From left to right they are: a house outline with a blue dot to its upper right, a blue magnifying glass, a bell, and a letter.
Michelle (@emilysramblings), “"Because my ramblings are important.",” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 27, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/502.
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