Katriel Paige

Independent Scholar

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Trans/formative- play, gender, and questions

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Katriel Paige Independent Scholar

March 12, 2015
Trans/formative- play, gender, and questions I posit that the convention- anime or other fandom like fantasy or science fiction- is a carnivale, a place where everyday norms are transformed in the space and time of the convention. Where else can you find ...
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Precious (Binary) Illusions

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Katriel Paige Independent Scholar

April 18, 2014
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Precious (Binary) Illusions I remember a writing seminar I was in- about ten years ago, now. During the critique of a short story by a classmate that featured instant messaging, the classmate said: 'I wrote this because I believe nothing important ca ...

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Re: A Network of Networks: Convention Culture, Offline Avatars, and New Fandom Practice

At the same time, I'm

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Katriel Paige Independent Scholar

Sunday, May 4, 2014 — 6:58 pm
At the same time, I'm wondering how blurred the line between avatar representations, fandom, and 'real selves' are; I went by my online identity names for years at conventions, as that was how many people would recognize me instead, by the ...
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Re: Precious (Binary) Illusions

You're welcome! Yes,

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Katriel Paige Independent Scholar

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 — 9:49 pm
You're welcome! Yes, conversations like that- taking place among the supposed "digital native" generations- are why I wrote this particular piece; if we consider Facebook or Twitter or Vine to be "less real", then of course it ...
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Re: A Network of Networks: Convention Culture, Offline Avatars, and New Fandom Practice

Absence?

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Katriel Paige Independent Scholar

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 — 8:02 pm
Fans feel the need to vocalize their recognition of multiple fandoms and practices, rather than build a focused body of knowledge and information, and have created a new elitism that insists it despises the elitism of earlier generations. I find it also i ...