💬📚 “The acafan… is one who is able to occupy the spaces of both fandom and academia and speak authoritatively on both.” A Fan Studies Primer, “Introduction,” edited by Paul Booth and Rebecca Williams
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
I change NaNoWriMo plans a lot. Most recently, I’m planning to write YES, ANDROID, a Star Trek: The Next Generation fanfic where Data recruits most of the bridge crew to join his improv team.
Hello world. I’m weary. For reasons. Sometimes life is a lot. I’m really glad there are great bits when there are because it would be so much harder if it were 100% slog. Still, it’s been a rough 2022.
I love Baby Galadriel so much.
Having a nightmare where your relative who’s dealing with infection-induced delirium in the waking world wanders off & is convinced by quack medical professionals that at the age of 66 she underwent immaculate conception is Not Helpful. Brain, please stop inventing new stressors.
Voting selfie!
Finished reading: Smith of Wootton Major & Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚
Reading my way through Wyngraf’s Appendix C (for cozy!).
Taking another run at limiting screen time, because I’m wondering if the increase in migraines for me lately is correlated with an increase in screen time.
My superpower is taking any Star Trek: The Next Generation B-story focused on Data and forgetting the A-story that goes with it “The Outrageous Okona” becomes “Data meets Joe Piscopo” and “Peak Performance” becomes “Data has impostor syndrome thanks to Strategema.” 🖖
My kid goes to a Reggio Emilia school; his kindergarten class is a community of researchers. Today he & I talked about our epistemological stances. When I defined epistemological stance for him I was like, “There, just saved you 6 years of grad school.”