My first tweet, from December 2, 2008, is super on-brand for me: “QUESTION: What term(s) do academia use to refer to video games?”
Didn’t get any replies but after almost 14 years I can confidently say academia often uses the term “video games.”
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC
Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.
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Recent posts
Today’s @750words playlist: Music for Writing in a Haunted Mansion curated by Sarah Chavez. 🎵
The Muppets is (are? I’m sticking with is) my oldest fandom and I cycle away from them but I always come back so hi, time for me to reinvigorate my muppets obsession, welcome. 🐸🪕🌈
I have a newsletter! It emails you all my posts for the week on Fridays!
Big last day of the WB Bronze nostalgia with all the farewell tweets tonight.
Guess I better start cross-posting to Instagram more!
A helicopter was just flying low and loud too close to my house and I’m very glad it seems to be gone now.
I just backed A Book About the Magic of Foraging Pigments & Making Art on Kickstarter.
💬📚 “We give the people we mother our bodies, and what they will recall is our presence and heat, our animal closeness.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
💬📚 “I don’t believe care work has to wreck us. This labor can be shared, social, collective—and transformative.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change