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  Our Skittles, Ourselves: Candy as Consumable Culture

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  October 28, 2014

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  Our Skittles, Ourselves: Candy as Consumable Culture Lernert & Sander food Candyland candy art Curator's Note Nerds, M&M’s, Skittles, Starbursts, Spree, Dots, Bottle Caps, Razzles, Whoopers, Life Savers, Jujubees, Twizzlers, Gobstoppers—a qui ...
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  world of imagination

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  Sammi Dittloff University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  Tuesday, October 28, 2014 — 1:38 pm

  connect to very real parts of our being. Growing up, I feel like there was always at least one person who ...
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  Conflating Work and Play with Candy, Oh My!

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  Carlnita P. Greene University of Oregon

  Wednesday, October 29, 2014 — 4:01 am

  However, the blurring of these two aspects often begins within childhood and, for some people, extends well ...
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  Not So Wonderfilled

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  Sammi Dittloff University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  October 31, 2014

  3 comments

  Not So Wonderfilled Sugar Oreo Fed Up Candyland candy Curator's Note When sugar is made into candy and desserts, it takes on magical qualities. Sugar can stand for pure imagination. Sugar can create an entire world. Sugar can also represent wonder. I ...
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  Simplicity vs. Commodity

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  Sammi Dittloff University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  Friday, October 31, 2014 — 3:27 pm

  of maple syrup is very different from highly-processed sugars to begin with. A good piece of advice ...
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  Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism

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  Diana Pozo UC Santa Barbara

  November 11, 2014

  6 comments

  Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism video games video game studies trauma small games realism queerness and games conference queer lives queer games movement queer qgcon LGBTQ Indie Game Developers indie identity performance glitch aesthetic ...
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  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games

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  Kishonna Gray Eastern Kentucky University

  November 12, 2014

  15 comments

  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games whiteness video games racism blackness Curator's Note The purpose of this discussion is to examine how the normalization of Whiteness and masculinity within video games leads ...
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  Re: Curtain: Queer Video Games, Identity, and Realism

  Games Realism, broken down

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  Diana Pozo UC Santa Barbara

  Wednesday, November 12, 2014 — 4:00 am

  as you both indicate, is a huge topic! Just to begin for anyone tuning in now, games have long been ...
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  Bayonetta, Femme Disturbance, and AAA Queer Desires

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  Amanda Phillips University of California, Davis

  November 13, 2014

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  Bayonetta, Femme Disturbance, and AAA Queer Desires sexuality queer feminist Curator's Note This week, I’m contributing a critical fanvid made as part of my research work on the video game Bayonetta. Originally released in 2009, the title character i ...
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  Some Initial Thoughts on Bayonetta 2

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  John Vanderhoef UCSB

  Thursday, November 13, 2014 — 5:57 pm

  by the relationship with her younger self, to a much more traditional rescue mission, which begins ... to an ancillary role. To the game's credit, at least Bayonetta's attention and desire is ...

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