Shelley M Park
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alternative reading
Just a quick note to say that I like your alternative reading of the photo, Rachel! It is a provocative analysis of a provocative photo. I want to sit with the details a bit further. Right now, however, I'm thinking about how what you point to as a ... -
gaming the system
Thanks, Charlotte, for these observations about the different rhetorical framings of caring for children. Part of what is interesting in the dialogue surrounding the U.S. college admission scandal is that certain rich parents (read mothers) are now also ... -
Glamorizing vs normalizing breastfeeding
Thanks for these reflections on the McAdams photoshoot, Corrie. I agree that the buzz surrounding a white celebrity pumping while dressed in Versace requires an intersectional analysis. While celebrities may use their platform to advocate for breastfeedi ... -
politicizing failure?
Thanks Rachel--both for introducing me to The LetDown, and for your astute analysis of it and other mom-coms that "lampoon individual failure." I agree that these shows could be read (charitably) as attempts to expose and critique the norms of ... -
Diversifying and/or subverting motherhood
Thanks for sharing your birth story with us. As you note, social media has fostered a normative script for birthing that can leave those requiring standard medical intervention feeling as if they have somehow 'failed' as mothers (before their c ... -
savvy marketing vs politically subversive
A belated, post-semester response/clarification: I was not suggesting Oculus or Facebook were politically progressive or subversive! I am well aware of the fact that their goal is the accumulation of money and power. My point was not that their goals w ... -
A belated thanks Vicki. Now
A belated thanks Vicki. Now that I have finally finished the semester, I've had a chance to look at the link you sent. I've also got Fisher's book in my summer reading queue! I very much appreciate the references and insights you shared! ... -
meta discourse
I don't know enough about film and game design to add to your critique of the false binary between them. I am, however, sympathetic to your argument and (as a philosopher) love the idea of virtual virtual reality. So thanks for bringing this to my ... -
containment and care
Good point about the function of the containment, Vicki! We originally looked at it as an extension of the sexism (girl literally entrapped). But you are quite right that it also functions to make her seem more "real," i.e. organic. (I suspect ... -
The weird, the eerie, the uncanny, the queer . . .
As a philosopher, I love the idea of "enweirding ontology itself"! So thanks for this analysis of virtual reality. Like Dooley, I am not (yet!) familiar with the literature you cite--but now have it on my reading list. As I read through this ...