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Lorelei Ramirezis an artist, comedian, performer, filmmaker, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York.
Shes a regular writer for VICEs The Creators Project, and humor writer forCrackedand has written forArt In America.
For more info, you’re free to check out herwebsite.
This week, Ramirez talked to me about some of her favorite tweets:
Watch out for the freak.
Found him in the living room yesterday and today he was behind my car in the garage.
Here I was thinking about the freak.
He is learning fast and I did not expect that.
How similar are your tweets to your voice as a live performer or you in real life?
Pretty much the same.
This is the story of my life and Im not afraid to tell it exactly how it is.
It seems like Mike Pence is having a bad time in office.
I feel bad for him so I made this for him very late one night.
Do you ever take a tweet and develop it into something longer?
I do that often, usually for the stage.
Thank you so much.
I am much joy over what is happen.
Because of you, they live.
This is a speech.
I will probably use it for any of my future award nominations or wins.
Whats the longest amount of time or most thought youve ever put into a tweet?
I dont really think all that much.
Its a very impulsive way of getting things out for me.
I saw this dog and fell in love with it.
I realized it was because it was so secure in its mental illness, much like myself.
This is more like a self portrait.
At the height of mental illness, self-care is necessary and so is a wig.
What are some accounts you enjoy following?
Also@ianabrahamsonand@weedseinfield.
What are your favorite & least favorite things about Twitter?
I mostly use it to promote shows, and tell people about my day.
Its great that its used as a tool for activism and getting the word out.
So its this lazy utopia really, which is the part I would say I dont like about it.
A lot of people can be complacent JUST tweeting and getting that recognition than doing actual work.
Karen Cheeis a is a writer/performer who contributes regularly toThe New YorkerandMcSweeneys.
