hank it's so diabolical... while i lived there for school i gaslit myself for MONTHS every time i got a little soda treat... thinking it couldn't possibly be true... every indulgence a betrayal!!!

aaand here it is!! Thanks for offering to check it out -- it's not exactly representative of my master's research, but it's along the same lines. If you had the energy sometime to chat about what it was like to pursue a games studies PhD I'm definitely curious, but either way, hope you enjoy this!

This part always orients me:

“as gradually you struggle less and less for an idea and more and more for specific people. The range tends to narrow down, but it gets much more real. In the end, as you yourself mention in passing, it is the reality of personal relationships that saves everything.”

god consigns the new york times to eternal wind tunnel jail. easy

kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

sooo true and gross. hate that something so simple as sharing ourselves -- a smile!! a moment!! -- has to be safeguarded. hope anyone who touches this stuff feels a lingering soulmalady until they repent

these are good-and-sad logical measures, longterm it seems like rights to one's own image really should be enshrined generally. we have some precedent for how to handle cybercrime and a hefty fine on anyone who creates or uses these generators seems appropriate? useful norm to advocate for?

I'm not saying that we could reduce violence of all kinds by an order of magnitude by demanding universally better work breaks for all but I am saying we should try it and see what happens. I am hereby collecting signatures for the newly launching Siestas for All campaign

when a deeply normal take is framed as counter-cultural so everyone who agrees gets to feel special

Of course! Posting it soon in the new year, I can let you know when that happens if you'd like.