Discuss Tony Tulathimutte’s use of Internet conventions as forms for storytelling. How do events depicted in spaces such as online posts or group chats comment on modern social behavior?

What kinds of rejection does Tulathimutte depict? Does he leave out forms of rejection that go against his conclusions? Why or why not?

Comment on Tulathimutte’s criticism of identity politics. How does Bee’s view that identity is inherently reductive apply to other characters?

Tony Tulathimutte

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