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For the final project for my young adult literature class this fall, I was tasked with creating a video essay combining a particular young adult text of our choice and research into a topic relevant to it and young adult literature as a whole. The text I chose was We Know the Devil, a visual … Continue reading We Know the Devil: Development versus Rebirth, and Queer Temporalities

To Online, or Not to Online? I enjoy being online because of all the content there is to consume and discuss that I never would have experienced otherwise. I started playing video games before I was ever a resident of the Internet, but I would not have developed the appreciation I have for the artistic … Continue reading Reflective Essay

As part of my First Year Seminar class at Wheaton College, I had to attend a certain number of various events on campus and fill out a form about each. Now I’m posting links to the forms here, to view or download as PDFs. The format of these write-ups is as follows: My name the … Continue reading Wheaton Experiences

This an adaptation of the following portion of my first reaction paper: Back in February, Casey Newton wrote an article for The Verge about the experiences of some of the people who review reported content on Facebook. Their job is a balance of “striving to purge Facebook of its worst content while protecting the maximum … Continue reading Alternate Format Assignment: The Life of a Facebook Moderator

It started in November 2018, three weeks after the release of the video game “DeltaRune“. I was doodling the game’s main character, Kris, in my math notebook when a pair of lines came to me: I woke up to a heartbeat that wasn’t mineYour soul, your will, has me preoccupied The idea for a song … Continue reading I wrote & recorded an original song: (Pre)Occupied!

For this assignment, I will be evaluating four prompts using the SIFT method as laid out by Mike Caulfield and team in the “Check, Please! Starter Course”. The method goes as follows: when reading information online, Stop and ask yourself if you trust the source before sharing it around. Investigate the source you’re currently reading … Continue reading Reaction Paper #3

I. This unit of my Digital Citizenship and Identity course was focused on privacy and security online. One additional reading I did for this class was a New York Times article titled “Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police”. It focuses on the example of a homicide case in Phoenix, Arizona where police … Continue reading Reaction Paper #2

When your movie’s goal is to make the audience feel alienated, don’t be surprised when they can’t connect with it. Yesterday I saw James Gray’s Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt, a film that’s been favorably reviewed by critics but, at least according to Rotten Tomatoes, has not been as well liked by audiences. Scrolling through … Continue reading Movie Review: Ad Astra – “Space Bad, So People Good?”

One factor which makes a huge difference in the culture and toxicity of online communities is the level of anonymity they provide. After all, if no one can trace what you say back to you, you can say whatever you want without consequence – at least in theory. As Anil Dash brings up in the … Continue reading Reaction Paper #1