This is my paper from LA Queer Studies. Right now, it seems likely that it’s the last piece I’ll do on fan fiction for a while, although I would like…
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It’s International Blog Against Racism Week, number three. I seem to see the event listed more widely every year it goes on, but I’m not sure whether that’s just because…
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Last weekend I attended WisCon, a feminist science fiction convention with an academic track. Immediately after the convention I flew to London (after first flying back to LA, and yes,…
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I just got back from Console-ing Passions in Santa Barbara, a wonderfully inspiring and exciting conference. This is the paper I presented. It connects a lot to the questions I…
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I haven’t been the best of bloggers, have I? It’s so long since I posted, WordPress has changed its interface. The conference went very well, anyway. Tavia Nyong’o gave a…
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I’m a words person. I can’t remember that ever not being true. Not just a sentences person, a meanings person, a linguistic semiotics person, though all of those too, but…
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