As a new notion takes root in the zeitgeist one can find competing definitions circulating in popular culture and scholarly literature. This is especially so …

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In addition to research and writing, summer is time to catch up on my reading. I thought I might share summaries of my favorites.

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A blog entry Swartz wrote in 2009, titled “Honest Theft,” neatly details his view of the school as a haven for rebelliousness. He described friends …

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I thought I would share a draft of a new paper; it’s still rough and I welcome any and all feedback!

Fake geek girls …

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As I continue to think about geekdom, especially in the context of the boundary policing of “fake geek girls,” I return to Pierre Bourdieu’s …

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The well-regarded photo-blogger David Hobby (the “Strobist”) got fed up with moderating blog comments and invented a way to use Twitter in their stead. Each …

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The central thesis of David Weinberger’s Too big to know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That Facts are The Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and The Smartest …

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The terms “geek,” “nerd,” and “hacker” arise frequently in my work and settling upon a common understanding of these words is a challenge: each has …

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Ilana Gershon’s The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting Over New Media is an ethnography of how (mostly) young people manage (and mangle) their relationships in …

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A form of critique that has attracted much attention in the past few years is to show the ridiculous alterations women’s images undergo within …

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