I definitely didn’t expect to be working with so many different types of new media when I first entered this class, nor did I expect to be given the opportunity to do so many creative projects. Now that I’m in the process of editing my podcast for my final project, it’s weird to think that …
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Restructuring the Process of Thought: What the Internet is Teaching LGBTQ Allies
Coming from a community that is very close-knit and open about our queerness, allyship isn’t a hard thing to come across because we tend to be pretty selective about who we associate with in the first place. But sometimes we end up in situations where we’re reminded of how little some people know about us; …
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The Manifesto for Interacting with the Queer Community
1. Listen to us, because we will always have something to say. 2. Be aware of where you come from, as we must constantly remain aware of where we came from. 3. Speak with, not over. 4. If you ask questions, you must be prepared to learn. 5. You are not entitled to learn from …
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A Path to Understanding: A Reaction to Bogost’s “Rhetoric of Video Games”
I am like a lot of other people of my generation in that I grew up playing video games. I also grew up being taught that video games were, in the words of Bogost, “mere distractions” that served only to damage eyes and promote irritability (136). While the latter may have been true for my …
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Found Poem via my Instagram
wassup im elliott and im a lonely person. i mean im not SAYING someone should date me but. someone should date me 😏😏😏 @ ppl not dating me ur missing out. i will only accept a date invitation if u serenade me with smash mouth’s version of i’m a believer. i am so horribly awkward …
Meme Creation and Analysis
This meme was made in response to the recent donation from the Argyros family to the Chapman school of business. The “Distracted Boyfriend” meme generally involves the man pictured in the middle looking favorably at something that indicates a bad or unwise decision, while the man’s girlfriend, representing a more favorable or ideal choice, looks …
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Invention
Word vomit time to organize my thoughts! My main takeaway after reading through the criteria of this assignment is that I do not want to be working alone. Whether tackling an analysis of our class’s past collaborative works or creating a new one entirely, I know that I would feel more comfortable having somebody beside …
Controlling My Sound Diet
Sitting in silence can be really, really hard for me because I have Tourette’s, which can manifest through ADHD-like symptoms. I spend a lot of my time either in places with plenty of background noise or anywhere at all with my earbuds playing familiar music right into my ears, sometimes because I just need a …
Tumblr and the Queering of Elliott
When I decided to give in to my friend Kara’s demands and start up a Tumblr blog on December 26, 2013, I was fourteen years old and still thought I was, and always would be, a straight girl. Unlike a select few (of whom I am definitely not jealous), my family had never really gone …
Elliottext: Composing New Media 