Experiments in digital creation.

Standing there behind a suitcase full of random objects, I gazed around at the people passing by.  I held a small piece of paper within my hands, waving it around, nervous about what I was going to say when someone decided to ask what I was standing behind. Maybe it was all that caffeine I…

I really love to crochet. Something about the ability to create literally anything out of one versatile material provides just enough stimulation and relaxation for my brain. For me, crochet isn’t just a hobby. I am constantly on the hunt for new patterns and new projects, and I love supporting the bloggers online who give…

The internet is such a fun and exploratory world. Makes us laugh and makes us cry, but more and more recently it’s just gotten confusing. I’m sure if you were on any online spaces on March 1st you saw the infamous Alexis Stone post:  It’s very easy to have an initial knee-jerk reaction to: “Jim…

Tracing Furry Panic in the States. For a long time now, early schooling has been a place for play and imagination. Playgrounds are ripe with made-up games and rules that often engage in role-playing activities. In fact, role-playing has been cited as beneficial for childhood development and is heavily encouraged as a social tool for…

“Remember that both the con artist and the propagandist feed on the impatient, because time to investigate and reflect does not favor liars” – Caulfield and Wineburg So Many Feelings Everyday online feels like facing a tsunami of emotionally volatile content while being expected to maintain 1) a “good” opinion on the happenings of the…

HTML, coding, or anything else related to the back end of technology has been mentally relegated to a different side on campus for a majority of my time in college. The last time I interacted with anything somewhat related was when I tried my hand at Kahn Academy coding lessons, about eight years ago. I…

Week 11 The internet is not always the kindest place, but the algorithm is at very least on our side when it comes to finding relatable content/communities. The vastness of the internet also helps when it comes to sharing ideas among large groups of people. These two things on our side, many women have taken…

This week, I got to take a look at articles by Gita Jackson and Reece Rogers. Jackson wrote about Baldur’s Gate 3, and Rogers wrote about the Moltbook AI social media platform. Both of them did things that I took note of, although not all those notes were things that I want to do myself.…

Growing up in a society that, like most, belittled femininity whilst also demonizing women who didn’t fit into the expectations of women, I learned a lot. If I’m being honest, I resent this aspect of society. The part that isolates women and treats us as objects. How is that any way to live? Answer? It’s…

There are millions of online articles that contain all sorts of information. Sometimes, these articles are more opinionated than factual. Interviews about the latest TikTok trends, video game reviews, or a website analysis are all subjective types of writing because they are from a certain perspective. Recently, three interesting articles with these same subjects were…