Added “serious Belle vibes π” to my bio.
You should probably look at Laz Marquez’s #StarTrekGala art project because it’s AWESOME. ππ»π¨πΊ
ππ Austin Kleon writes today about [wintering and dormancy] (https://austinkleon.com/2021/05/04/wintering-and-dormancy/), quoting Katherine May’s book Wintering. I’m reading the book right now. What I didn’t know before reading but appreciate is that May is writing about leaving academia.
ππΊπ Read The Measure of a Man Demonstrates the Many Forms of Love by Anna E. Gant
ππΊπ Hrisoula Gatzogiannis’s The Only Work Ethic I Care About Is the One on Star Trek details what Picard explains in the TNG episode “The Neutral Zone.” A 20th century man asks “What’s the challenge?” & Picard says “To improve yourselfβ¦ enrich yourself.”
I think at some point in the past 6 years I became an information scientist. Yay?
I’m thinking about metaphors for how people consume information. Infodemic. Infobesity. I think there are more thoughts to be had here, potentially even scholarly thoughts.
Went really minimal with my latest bio: motherscholar π©βπ» she/her βΏ β€οΈππ Durham, NC, USA π
I want to share that if you have panic attacks fueled by imposter syndrome more than 2 weeks after your dissertation defense, you are not alone, because I did that today.
Want to read: Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins π