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Slut Shaming and Concern Trolling in Geek Culture | This View of Life

June 7, 2013

Be part of the conversation and thus part of the solution: Slut Shaming and Concern Trolling in Geek Culture | This …

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Hollywood Dialogue

April 12, 2013

Dialogue may be considered to be a session of give-and-take that occurs with relatively short turnaround time — one person …

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On Transgressing Audiencehood: Web 2.0, Interactivity, and Becoming What We’ve Always Been

October 20, 2012

I think I have now determined what my main research trajectory will be, and I wanted to take the opportunity …

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Stranger in a Familiar Land

May 8, 2012

I would love to do a series — podcast or vodcast even — that would travel the country, and maybe …

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David Tennant: The Sexy Doctor

June 26, 2011

For many fans, the return of Doctor Who to BBC had its highlights during the David Tennant years as the 10th …

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The Mainstreaming of Geekdom?

May 25, 2011

You can’t get tickets to Comic-Con that easily anymore.  Back in 2007, the passes were already being sold at a …

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Comics Versus Literary Adaptations

May 16, 2011

As I’ve mentioned before, back in 2007, I attended Comic-Con.  At the time, I presented this paper on comics adaptations …

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On How We Know the Fan Is Important

April 29, 2011

Back in 2007, I attended Comic-Con.  It was my third time there, but there had been a hiatus of several …

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Confession of a Wil Wheaton Fan

April 5, 2011

I admit: in high school, I was gaga for Wil Wheaton. Allow me to demonstrate the extent of my affection …

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Comics Adaptations and True Believers

March 2, 2011

Think about all of the movies being made lately adapting a comic book or graphic novel.  The superhero movie has …

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