NB: These are the opening remarks of an AWP panel I moderated titled "You Write What You Eat: Essayists on Their Food Obsessions" with Natalie Lima, Karissa Chen, Bruce Owens Grimm, & Noah Cho. There has been a convergence on my social media feed these past few months: while the purpose of social media has become a lot more transitory and focused more on creating and influencer culture—meaning that we are all crafting things for a general audience, there is still room for direct posts; those “have you seen this?” links that are meant to inform; to pay attention to something that might have slipped through the constant barrage of dog photos, Alabama football score updates, and general nihilism.