Christopher Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and I have been working on our concept of the networked gender, building off the concept of the networked self to…… Read more “Gendering Hatsune Miku”
Tag: gender
Gendering Robots: A Class Discussion
The next research project I hope to work on looks at how people make sense of robots. I am particularly interested in how people apply gendered assumptions…… Read more “Gendering Robots: A Class Discussion”
The Dark Side of Fandom
Last fall the call went out from the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (aka C2E2) for proposed panels for the 2016 convention. I had just been part…… Read more “The Dark Side of Fandom”
Gendering Robots 2005 Proposed Research Methods
As discussed in the previous post Gendering Robots 2006 Research Proposal, I have been thinking about doing research on how people make sense of the gendered nature…… Read more “Gendering Robots 2005 Proposed Research Methods”
Gendering Robots 2005 Research Proposal
Recently, the question of how we attribute gender to asexual entities like robots and AI has been something I have been pondering more and more. How we…… Read more “Gendering Robots 2005 Research Proposal”
My Little Pony on The Pop Culture Lens
In the fourteenth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher and I are joined by Aaron Kashtan of Miami University in Ohio (https://ogresfeathers.wordpress.com) to discuss the…… Read more “My Little Pony on The Pop Culture Lens”
Men Watching Sex and the City, My Little Pony, and Oklahoma
The most recent issue of Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies contains an article I wrote based on the study I conducted for my dissertation. I…… Read more “Men Watching Sex and the City, My Little Pony, and Oklahoma”
Categorizing Fractured Fandom
Defining Fractured Fandom According to the discipline of fan studies, at this point in history, being a fan is considered a positive for any individual. Being a…… Read more “Categorizing Fractured Fandom”
Feminist Tensions in The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part 2
At the Midwest Popular Culture Association’s 2014 conference, Chris and I presented the first analysis from our exorcism cinema project. The presentation is titled: Feminist tensions in…… Read more “Feminist Tensions in The Last Exorcism and The Last Exorcism Part 2”
