It’s super energizing to go to conferences like #FSNNA22, #CLS2022, and #FanLIS2022. I’m reminded that I do enjoy research, I am part of a community of scholars, and I have things to contribute.

Even in Gather, I’m that nerd sitting in the front row. #FSNNA22

Taking kid to the dentist during the next #FSNNA22 session so I won’t be live-tweeting but hope to keep up with others’ tweets about it. The tool I use for live-tweeting and collating it all into a blog post is NoterLive. Highly recommend! Scroll down for instructions.

M after watching me confer in Gather: “Can we play a little Stardew Valley?”

Kid woke up, so break from live-posting but I’m introducing him to Gather. “What game is that?”

Side question for anyone at #FSNNA22 or anyone aware of fan studies at all - have folks looked at parents/caregivers and what their fannish activity looks like? Intergenerational fandom within families?

Good morning! It’s the first day of #FSNNA22, the Fan Studies Network North America conference, and I might be live tweeting and then posting summaries on my blog. But I might not. We’ll see! This is one of my favorite conferences.

Experimenting with limiting leisure screen time for a little bit. You’ll be able to tell how it goes by following whether I post or not.

I am asking for COPING advice, not TREATMENT advice: I feel crappy always, with stress and/or migraines and/or insomnia and/or joint pain and/or brain fog. How do other people living this life cope?

Please do not tell me to meditate, exercise, or get acupuncture.

Me, a postdoc and research lead at an R1 institution with a PhD from another institution: I’m not really an academic, though!