A week, only a week until that day when he lost her… He was used to the silence now, the absence of her voice. The piano player felt at home, especially because the villagers never criticized him for his unusual attitudes. Sometimes he sat at the wheel of the rusted truck forgotten near the old [...]
Tag Archives: identity
The Piano Player – Part I/II
The piano player sat at the edge of the cliff. Beside him, the unused telescope monitored the lost horizon where a wounded lighthouse continued to shine, its static light pointing vaguely to the sky. Small silver waves sparkled toward the shore where the remains of an old dinghy rocked back and forth wondering about past [...]
Women Adventurers
Last week I rented a store in the town center on Marblehead in Second Life New England. I knew what I wanted to call the store, Yordie’s Excellent Adventures and the concept is something I’ve been thinking about for awhile. I even created a Facebook page for it last year. And there’s a Second Life group by [...]
Previz #70 – Animal Parade
Our new dramaturge, Trill Zapatero was so inspired by VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade, that she immediately challenged us to do a new parade on Saturday 19 Jan ’13, an Animal Parade on the Sydney sim. Whether you’re an animal lover, an animal rights activist, an RP enthusiast, or just love to dress up, [...]
Thicker than water? Exploring Second Life Families – Part 1
Some visitors to this blog may know that I was recently the maid of honour at my friend’s wedding. Among many new discoveries, one of the most remarkable things about that experience is that the bride has a huge family in Second Life. And, her family is complete with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins… [...]
Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix
Given our discussion yesterday on stereotypes and prejudices in SL and other virtual worlds, I thought I’d share this section of my dissertation on the subject. If anything, it gives good references :) Persistence of social norms in virtual identity exploration. Identity and role identification in MUVEs, as argued by Cleland (2008) is malleable in [...]
Persuasion
Kat just wrote a great post about body identity and stereotypes amongst avatars in SL. It’s funny. I have been thinking a lot about this lately. My work is all about body image, self esteem and how the media unconsciously manipulates us into thinking we want to be thin and model beautiful so we may [...]
Pride & Prejudice
Reading Ravanel’s fantastic article on identity in online gaming environments reminded of my initial shock at the RL stereotypes in virtual worlds. As I have previously discussed, I entered SL with little knowledge of the community and found my niche in cultural/educational groups within the virtual world. With that said, I did not come with [...]
The Monster Within
I don’t think that I would be exaggerating if I said that I’ve always loved to write. While I don’t consider myself to be a brilliant writer, I’ve always felt like I could express myself better through writing than any other means. With that said, I’ve been writing what started as little stories based on [...]
Team Paglia
Kris’s inclusion of a quote by Naomi Wolf in her last post (see “This is my body!”) immediately made me think of good old Camille Paglia. Like I said in a comment to Kris’s post, I am not the biggest fan of Wolf’s. While I am not entirely “Team Paglia” either, I can somehow relate [...]
What Would Cindy Sherman Do?
While I have been focusing on Marcel Duchamp and/or Rrose Selavy for the last couple of days to illustrate (for lack of a better word) my ideas on identity in virtual worlds, the work of Cindy Sherman crept up in my sub consciousness earlier today. I mentioned in my post earlier today that Rrose Selavy [...]
The Identity Factory
In the wake of all these great posts on identity in virtual worlds (and RL – thanks, Kris!), Vaneeesa and I started talking about the ease which virtual environments such as SL allow for identity exploration. As many with an Art History background know, identity exploration has been a pivotal theme in twentieth century art, [...]
Beauty is the Beast
For the past couple of days, I’ve been dissecting/overanalyzing/pondering Kris’ performance/post “The Bald and the Beautiful.” What an inspirational and powerful piece! Like many great art pieces with a message, it made me think (and want to think) about key issues affecting our lives, bodies, sanity, society, etc. Most of all, it made me ask [...]
This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: Vaneeesa
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSSETS, 7 June – Writer, blogger, wife, mother, feminist, and founder of The Mamafesto blog, Avital Norman Nathman has been posting profiles, This Is What a Feminist Looks Like, on Mamafesto for about a year now, and she recently invited Yours Truly to write one, which you’ll find both below and on the official [...]
Transworld Syndrome
This is a strange little contemplation on virtual identity in the form of a conversation between my alt Majic and I.
Are we “Alone Together” in WoW? – Solo Play pt. 10
Part Ten! In Ironyca’s epic consideration of “solo play” in a massively multiplayer world. Lots of insights on identity, relationships, projection, instantiation. Awesome!
VB Previz #14 – Two Wear My Skin
In a number of conversations and events recently, the idea of what it means to wear some avatar has come up. In a comment posted under Previz #10, Danika spoke about skin and identity. For a week before VB03, Giovanna walked around SL in a bikini, so she could summon up the courage to be [...]
VB Previz #10 – Reparations
The United States is a nation of great diversity and tolerance. It is also a nation with a history of slavery and of racism that continues to this day. The range of identity options available to avatars in second life is virtually infinite. Yet it seems like so many of us inhabit the narrowest range [...]
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The Crappy Job of Being Banksy’s Girlfriend
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Happy Grandmother’s Day!
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June is Avatar Blogger Month!
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Fiona Blaylock Naked Art Show Raided by NTPD!
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Memory Box Workshop @LEA11
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How to stage a dance production in Second Life
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Slapping My Snotty Sister
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Memory Box Workshop
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Technology and Mental Crisis: E-Mental Health at NHS South East and Cinema and Psychosis at The Barbican
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Poem Readers Wanted!
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Meeting Donna Haraway
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Haiku Speedbuild #2
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The Minority Report on SaveMe Oh
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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 2 – City Break
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Previz #68 – Avatar Pride Parade
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Yordie Sands
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My Second Life Romance – Part 2
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Prep School
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What If Rod Was One Of Us (Parody song & Video)
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The Hitcher – Part 1
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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 1
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June is Avatar Blogger Month!
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“Gimme Six!” – A Tourist Guide to WoW pt. 3 – Leisure and Spa
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We’ve Been Scraped!
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Gimme Six: Yordie’s Second Life – Part 2
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Previz #67 – Charlotte, Forever
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Gimme Six!