This piece from @julietlapidos really resonated with me — a key part of being American is the freedom of self-defin… https://t.co/JNJYK1mPpX

MT @josephzeballos [the suck up part:] This piece from @julietlapidos really resonated with me - [the un-American, that's not how it works part:] a key part of being American is the freedom of self-definition and embracing the American identity on your own terms

@YAppelbaum @TheAtlantic @julietlapidos I love your story but it occurs to me that a MAGA American will hate the fl… https://t.co/3IRAutT0uD

As a grown-up, I can understand their (usually inelegantly-stated etc) point. What are the downsides of that "fluidity"? RT @Pontificatist [to YAppelbaum] I love your story but it occurs to me that a MAGA American will hate the fluidity of Americanness you describe. <sigh>

When @julietlapidos was 5, she learned she was American—and cried. A really lovely essay on identity and belongin… https://t.co/sbPKOs6FgZ

@YAppelbaum @TheAtlantic @julietlapidos Beautiful essay, I was born in the United States and I still feel iffy thin… https://t.co/TSEopx8XYr

.@MyNameH33271686: @julietlapidos & @YAppelbaum fail as Americans. Canada (corporate pluralism) is more appropriate for them that the USA (melting pot).

It's my mission to read every campus novel ever and this new one from Juliet Lapidos is really great. https://t.co/0tuoIOU6kF

.@LucieBritsch: hey Lucie, do you agree with @julietlapidos that the USA is nothing more than a Make Your Own Adventure? Do you agree with her that immigrants (actual immigrants) don't have to assimilate but can keep holding on to ideas like honor killings?