Sam Close ButNoCigar
@butnocigar.bsky.social
Academic, knitter, video game player. Into popular culture, digital media, labor, and creativity. Known to make a video essay now and then.
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www.asianstudies.org
December 11, 2024 at 10:42 PM
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To coincide with the holiday season, we present a series of posts based around the theme of ‘toys’. First up, @javariafarooqui.bsky.social looks at #Barbie in Pakistan. Stay tuned for more to come over the month.
Barbie in Pakistan: The Toy, the Movie, and the Cultural Ambiguities — Pop Junctions
In Pakistan, Barbie the movie transcended its form as mere cinematic spectacle and metamorphosed into a tool through which the complex, unspoken, and ambiguous scales of morality can be an...
henryjenkins.org
December 10, 2024 at 1:02 AM
To coincide with the holiday season, we present a series of posts based around the theme of ‘toys’. First up, @javariafarooqui.bsky.social looks at #Barbie in Pakistan. Stay tuned for more to come over the month.
Ah, bummed our panel on cozy domesticity and craft didn't make it into SCMS 25! We had a great international slate of panelists too.
November 26, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Ah, bummed our panel on cozy domesticity and craft didn't make it into SCMS 25! We had a great international slate of panelists too.
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Contingent Magazine is now accepting pitches for its December issue exploring the relationship between Star Trek and history. Click through or read down the thread to learn more!
To Boldly Go
Editor’s Log, Stardate -298115.2331891317 Contingent Magazine is now accepting pitches for its December issue exploring the relationship between Star Trek and history. Pitches may engage any or all ma...
contingentmagazine.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Contingent Magazine is now accepting pitches for its December issue exploring the relationship between Star Trek and history. Click through or read down the thread to learn more!
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I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
Publishing Agreement Template Kit
This was written by Daphne Benford-Smith , Esq. Counsel at Holon Law Partners In collaboration with Aerial Knights, LLC, we present this video game publishing agreement “how-to” guide...
www.aerialknight.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
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Anyone in my network know people with a degree in STS? I have lot of questions. Pls reshare 🥹 #BlackAcademics #STS
☺️ Also my mom would be SOOO proud I’m perusing a PhD.
☺️ Also my mom would be SOOO proud I’m perusing a PhD.
November 20, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Anyone in my network know people with a degree in STS? I have lot of questions. Pls reshare 🥹 #BlackAcademics #STS
☺️ Also my mom would be SOOO proud I’m perusing a PhD.
☺️ Also my mom would be SOOO proud I’m perusing a PhD.
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ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications!
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED
Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪
www.sciencewrite.co.uk
More for nonfiction and academic writers, but: Think of your audience as smart but lazy.
if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)
November 20, 2024 at 10:58 PM
More for nonfiction and academic writers, but: Think of your audience as smart but lazy.
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Periodic reminder that WE ARE HIRING 3 full-time positions in Games and Animation at U of Cincinnati. Review starts Jan 1.
Here are the 3 positions:
Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Game Design:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Animation:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Here are the 3 positions:
Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Game Design:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Animation:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor, School of Art, College of DAAP
Assistant Professor, School of Art, College of DAAP
jobs.uc.edu
November 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Periodic reminder that WE ARE HIRING 3 full-time positions in Games and Animation at U of Cincinnati. Review starts Jan 1.
Here are the 3 positions:
Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Game Design:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Animation:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Here are the 3 positions:
Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Game Design:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Educator, Animation:
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
If you see this, quote with your first anime!
Yup--Sailor Moon quite literally changed my life since it encouraged me to study Japanese and pop culture.
Yup--Sailor Moon quite literally changed my life since it encouraged me to study Japanese and pop culture.
November 18, 2024 at 1:51 AM
If you see this, quote with your first anime!
Yup--Sailor Moon quite literally changed my life since it encouraged me to study Japanese and pop culture.
Yup--Sailor Moon quite literally changed my life since it encouraged me to study Japanese and pop culture.
Introduce yourself as an anime character... (but, you know, like she is in fic...not as much canon...)
November 15, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Introduce yourself as an anime character... (but, you know, like she is in fic...not as much canon...)
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Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Assistant Professor - Social Sciences and Digital Technologies
Assistant Professor - Social Sciences and Digital Technologies
jobs.utoronto.ca
November 15, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy)
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Gen AI and independent digital artists
2) Fan-made rap music about anime characters
1) Gen AI and independent digital artists
2) Fan-made rap music about anime characters
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) respectability politics and Black sportswomen
2) friendship ties
1) respectability politics and Black sportswomen
2) friendship ties
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) the possibilities of library consortia to get us out of corporate dependency hell
2) organizing vs mobilizing white ppl
1) the possibilities of library consortia to get us out of corporate dependency hell
2) organizing vs mobilizing white ppl
November 15, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) Gen AI and independent digital artists
2) Fan-made rap music about anime characters
1) Gen AI and independent digital artists
2) Fan-made rap music about anime characters