I’m psyched to present my dissertation research at FanLIS 2022: Fan Futures Beyond the Archive. I’ll talk about how cosplayers find, evaluate, use, share, and create information, as well as possibilities for FanLIS as a discipline to expand into fan practices beyond fanfic.
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I am RSVPing yes to Micro Camp 2022 .
🔖 Read Women of a Certain Age.
Great piece about how the Golden Age of TV creates space for roles beyond somebody’s mom, somebody’s wife, and harpyish crone. 📺🍿
The Kimberly urge to write Picard/Gomez fic. 🖖🏻
My kid definitely just said “Thwip” in his sleep. 🕸️
“People as everyday theorists of their experiences” - great insight from Bill Penuel at the Crown Institute Participatory Toolkit introduction webinar.
Welcome to my mid-life crisis.
[Image description: An eBay item page for an 18 inch fashion doll. The page says “You purchased this item on Feb 01, 2022.”]
It’s February. Black history is important all year long but February is extra awesome because Black cosplayers show off their stuff daily all month. Search #28daysofblackcosplay on your favorite social media platform to see some amazing cosplay. Learn more at this link.
Me, thinking about my mom’s experience with leukemia: The medicine will be what it will be, but what about her feeeeeeelings?
(Never has it been more appropriate that my sun & rising are in Cancer.)
Me, gathering up all my old dolls that I gave my kid so I can brush their hair: “I know - dolls.” (Oh, Clyde Bruckman. You ask such good questions.)