Media Praxis

My recent work has been about trying to name and also model experiences online (like this one) that seem more aligned with the feminist, and otherwise progressive lived experiences and spaces I already value in RL. ... read more »

I made a quick trip to NY to attend the celebration for NYU’s Culture and Media Program which I participated in somewhat unofficially in its earliest years by taking the courses Ethnographic Film I and II at the tail end of my Cinema Studies doctoral course work. ... read more »

Although not an aca-fan (or ACA fan dancer) myself, I engaged in a fun and serious conversation with Derek Kompare and Jay Bushman as part of Henry Jenkins’ summer-long conversation, “Aca-Fandom and Beyond,” on Confessions of an Aca-Fan. Our conversation moves from play, to corporate ownership, to the interactive/narrative fault-line. Hope you’ll take a look. ... read more »

I was hesitant to see Miranda July’s new film, The Future, because while I’m a fan of her earlier avant-garde art practice (and even a supporter and friend during this period of her career, shout out to Big Miss Moviola), the trailer’s sickly smell of and reviewer’s attention to its twee-hipsterism seemed to speak completely outside the daily confines of my interests as a middle-aged, lady-professor Mommy (although I walk the same streets, drink the high-priced coffee, and ... read more »