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Cosplay, Academia, and Me—Some Thoughts, and a Note on the Future
Here, I talk about the increasing corporatisation of academia and its wide-ranging impact on knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation, as…
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The Jeopardy of Genderswap Storytelling: Un/Becoming Captain Nemo
Observations on Failed Imaginaries, Gender Equality, and the Not-So-Small Matter of Social Evolution or Revolution
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei
Less Book Review, More Critical Reflection (Part Two)
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Recovering the Radical Promise of Superheroes: Un/Making Worlds
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Stories That Snatch Us Up: A Tale of Two Storytellers and Reflections on the Paradox of Story
Part One: Survivor Storytelling and Jessica Jones ("Alias")
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Lost Inside a Monster: The Batman, Fridging, and Some Problems with Hero Stories (Part One)
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Lost Inside a Monster: The Batman, Fridging, and Some Problems with Hero Stories (Part Three)
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Apeirogon: A Novel by Colum McCann
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Stories That Snatch Us Up: A Tale of Two Storytellers and Reflections on the Paradox of Story
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George Floyd and the Urgent Matter of Changing the World
The Radical Power of Bystander Footage, Monument Activism, and Effective Movement Building
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“You need to learn to see yourself through the Fathers’ eyes”
Feminism, Representation, and the Dystopian Space of Bitch Planet
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Academia & Me
Introducing a Scholarly Archive and Future Plans
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Cosplay: An Introductory Essay
from Keywords for Comics Studies (NYU Press, 2021)
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei
Less Book Review, More Critical Reflection (Part One)
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Into the Wild: A Reflection on Cosplay in Public Discourse
Notes on an Unfolding Semantic Shift
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An Incomplete Archive of Activist Art: The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
Book Review
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