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Racing and Writing
Between September 16 and November 11 of this year, I completed two half-marathons. Trust me, no one is more stunned than I am that I can write that sentence with any truth. Five years ago, I would have...
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Digital Generation Anniversary
Three years ago, give or take a week, a box filled with copies of Writing and the Digital Generation arrived on my doorstep as I headed to campus to teach at the start of the spring 2010 semester. Just...
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Call for Papers for Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of Popular Culture...
I have presented early versions of both Writing and the Digital Generation and The Science Fiction Reboot at the PCA/ACA Convention in the past and really enjoy this conference. No matter your area of...
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Mementos of Transformation, or Treasures Found While Packing
A lot of changes are in store for me this summer, with the two most extensive being that I’m leaving Central Connecticut State University to join the English Department at Fitchburg State in...
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BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS HIJACKING YOUR SHIP: On Conference Creeps
Reblogged from GLITTERING SCRIVENER: So, all day today there's been an epic twitter storm regarding sexual harassment in the science fiction and fantasy convention circuit, specifically the means for...
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Sexual Harassment at Cons: The latest conversation
In this post, Tansy Rayner Roberts provides an excellent summary of the latest conversations within fandom regarding the “relentless” experiences of harassment at cons....
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Headturning Moments in Star Trek Into Darkness
Warning: Spoilers for Into Darkness In The Science Fiction Reboot, I describe the experience of what I call the “headturning moment” as “a reaction generated by a scene, snippet of dialogue, or some...
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Turning frustration into action: Making sexual harassment unwelcome in fandom
Geekfeminist’s blogger, Annalee, expands on John Scalzi’s latest steps to try to make sexual harassment at fan conventions completely unacceptable (see “My new convention harassment policy” and co-sign...
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On “Rights”: Speech, Opinion, and Harassment at Conventions
I owe a lot to fandom and the con-runners who organize conventions like the World Science Fiction Convention. My first two books, Plagues and Writing and the Digital Generation, were directly inspired...
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Affect, Emotion, and Fandom
As I wrote last month, the sorting process for my upcoming move to Fitchburg has me feeling nostalgic, especially when I come across artifacts like this: For those who don’t recognize this pin, it was...
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Harassment at the “Big Show”: Recent post about San Diego Comic Con
As San Diego Comic Con begins tomorrow night (with the preview on July 17), fandom will have our biggest, and highest profile, test of how much we can change our culture to make harassment as unwelcome...
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End to the Summer of Upheaval
So what have you been doing for the past month? It’s been nearly five weeks since my last post and I’ve spent that time closing on, painting, and then moving into a townhouse in Fitchburg,...
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My LoneStarCon 3 (2013 World Con) Schedule
For those who will be in San Antonio at the end of the month, here is where you can find me at LoneStarCon 3. If you have any ideas on these topics that you’d like me to share during the panel, be sure...
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New article on reboots in Argentus 13
I have an article in the latest issue (#13) of Steve Silver’s zine, Argentus. In “When is a Prequel also a Reboot?” I extend the analysis of the viewing order of the Star Wars saga I started in The...
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Where to find me at Arisia 2014 (January 17-20)
For those of you attending Arisia (at the Westin Boston Waterfront from January 17 through 20, 2014), here is my panel schedule. Hope to see you there! Saturday, January 18 Time: 7:00 pm Panel #: 458:...
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Calls for Proposals for new edited collection on memory in popular culture
Exciting news! I am currently seeking proposals for an upcoming collection, Essays on Memory in Popular Culture, under contract with McFarland. The key assumption of this collection is that, contrary...
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Hugo Award Eligible Work: Better Late Than Never
We are more than a month into Hugo Award nominating season and I have begun collecting recommendations for eligible works that I want to check out before the deadline of March 31, 2014. And I suppose...
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Comfort Books and Hugo Reading: Spring Break 2014
Even though we are expecting snow here in Fitchburg tomorrow, this is officially Spring Break for me and the rest of Fitchburg State, which means time to catch up on my reading and writing, as well as...
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Whose History? Whose Context? The Dangers of Nostalgia
Two excellent blog posts have crossed my newsfeed over the past day that bring me back to a line of thinking I wrestled with in Writing and the Digital Generation: the prevalence and dangers of...
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Where to find me at the 2014 Popular Culture/American Culture conference
For those of you attending the Popular Culture/American Culture Association conference (in Chicago from April 16-19), here is where you can find me. Hope to see you there! Thursday, April 17 Time:...
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