Want to read: The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling 📚
The #FanLIS panel I’m co-moderating with Ludi Price is the first session of Fan Studies Network North America! You should come. It’s a super affordable conference & the most fun you’ll have learning & thinking about research.
Want to read: Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster 📚
As in the actual Haunted Mansion ride, the best part of Muppets Haunted Mansion is the ballroom/party scene. In this case, less for the Pepper’s Ghost illusion and more for the Muppet Show vibe.
M (who turned 5 yesterday!) & I are watching Muppets Haunted Mansion and I’m very happy.
Hey LIS scholars. What is the most elegant, arresting, or fascinating writing you’ve seen in our field?
Did I just send an email to all the parents at my kid’s school in which I used the phrase “totally buggin’”? Yes, yes I did.
💬 “we are conditioned as academics (and also just people in 2021!) to sacrifice long term stability for short term productivity.” From Katy Peplin’s newsletter. I highly recommend subscribing.
I’ve been without wifi for over 18 hours & while I’m old enough to remember a time before home dialup, it’s a real pain to deal with it now. Thank goodness for 4G.
My brand is: person who spends far too much time thinking about the absence of social science research ethics and the reflexive turn in Star Trek. 🖖🏻