If #FSNNA20 were a meatspace conference and I was there, I would not be berating myself for not dissertating right now. But here we are…

Just added a note to include as a limitation in my dissertation that my methods don’t capture things like fans learning which fan spaces are safe, which cosplay suppliers are harmful, thanks to Liz Laurie’s talk in the Embodied Fandom salon at #FSNNA20.

Dreamed this morning I was at my co-working space w/Glen Weldon (@ghweldon) & he would not stop talking about Batman. I was like “This is fascinating but I have GOT to get some work done.” Woke up & remembered I’d fallen asleep listening to the audiobook of The Caped Crusade.

Portrait of an awesome life partnership: you get the kid down to sleep and then chat in the #FSNNA20 Discord while your partner watches Annotated Castlevania Symphony of the Night YouTube videos. Lots is wrong in the world but this family of mine is just right.

Pleased as can be to be hanging out @ #FSNNA20 this week. You can find me in Discord primarily hanging out in #15-hirsh where you’ll find my poster, “Where’d You Get Those Nightcrawler Hands? The Information Literacy Practices of Cosplayers.” But also elsewhere! Say hi!

Is anybody out there managing to be even mediocre at both parenting & working right now? Because I seem to have to choose to be okay at one and bad at the other, or bad at both, but not okay at both. (When I manage good at one it knocks me out for twice as long as I was good )

Current dissertation status: 4 chapters begun but with holes to fill, 116 pages. 1 chapter completely unwritten.

📚 Reading Sarah Kendzior’s (@sarahkendzior) book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT & had to take a crying break after the intro bc “I have nostalgia for the future, because I am a mother and whatever system wins will be the one my children will inherit.” p. 15

I definitely just handed The Teacher from the Black Lagoon to my kid thinking it was Miss Nelson Is Missing, which is how you know my teen librarian chops are stronger than my children’s librarian chops.

I did a dissertation bootcamp last week and honestly I feel like I need a break. We spent some time Friday talking about how to maintain momentum but I don’t think my body is ready for that.