Sarah McGinley
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Fascinating
Great post, April. We're often told sunlight is the best disinfectant and that transparency protects us, but the power to shame and punish the victim is often overlooked. ... -
I really enjoyed this
I really enjoyed this Chvonne. I hadn't thought about podcasts as a remediation of radio before. ... -
It’s interesting to me that
It's interesting to me that one of the prime examples of nerd-geek fan culture and fan support saving a show was also an NBC show-- original Star Trek. It's also the first (preserved) arena of slash / fan fiction. There's canon trek and ... -
craft and guild?
I realize my subject line may sound like a WoW reference, but I'm thinking more of how trades and crafts were once learned. The apprenticing / training, and earning one's way into a group via some repeated basic skills until one can prove ones ... -
Fascinating work!
I am reminded very much of the communities that are devoted to manga scanlation-- beyond the o bvious comparison of fan translations -- and the sheer organizational feats that go into the work that are really only possible because of the internet. ... -
I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay
That was a fascinating overview, Dr. R! I'm intrigued by the mixture of de-humanizing as well as elevation of skill that goes into a Western "admiration" of technological advances / embodiments-- even when spun positively as in, to grab a ... -
The digital paper trail of
The digital paper trail of what was said to whom is quite daunting. The vulnerability is magnified, I think, when we know others can see the responses to our work as well. Hard to lick our wounds when all can see them. ...