by Cynthia A. Davidson (Author)

With a focus on Twitter's BlueWave Resistance community of women, Cynthia A. Davidson argues, using rhetorical and political analysis, that political tweeting is an optimistic act--but frames this through engaging Lauren Berlant's claim in Cruel Optimism that what we most desire is also an impediment to our thriving.

Author Biography

Cynthia A. Davidson is senior lecturer and emerging technologies coordinator in The Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stony Brook University.