The Verge: How a tweet about a chicken and a hair dryer got its own news cycle

I normally try to put no more than four links in every given section. But I’m breaking my own rule today, partially because this is such a good article and partially because I do this for posterity. Posterity, if you want a good overview of why 2018 is just so weird, read this. The Verge: How a tweet about a chicken and a hair dryer got its own news cycle. “On March 21st, New Yorker food correspondent Helen Rosner tweeted a photo of her pointing a Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer at a raw chicken. She was trying to remove moisture and maximize the crispiness of the chicken skin before roasting it, and she wanted to share her snow day plans with her followers. But this story is not about chicken. Well, it’s kind of about chicken. It’s also about Twitter and digital media and misogyny and The Daily Mail. ‘Hair dryer chicken’ is in the midst of its own internet life cycle, and Rosner doesn’t really have anything to do with it anymore.”