Archive for the 'Second Life' Category

Showing off to help a friend!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

My bestest friend in all worlds, Kesseret Steeplechase of KessKreations is participating in the Jewelry Expo that starts Sunday, October the 5th! She is releasing quite a few new beauties, and frankly, I feel like this is some of her best work. I am so proud of her. I hope you all will go out [...]

Body Acceptance Seminar

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Hello, hello!
I was invited to be part of a body acceptance seminar in SL tomorrow from noon SLT to 1:30pm. I will just copy/pasta the notecard about the event:
Second Life provides us with a great deal of freedom in constructing our avatar bodies. We can choose to be greenskinned or furry or steampunk mecha-mice. [...]

You Mean You Chose to be Fat?: Body Image in a Virtual World

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

I’d like to preface this article a little before you get to it. This was an idea I proposed in November or December to the Fat Studies panel chairs at the National Popular Culture Association/American Studies Association Conference that was held in March of 2008. The project itself began in January and I stopped collecting [...]

Happy New Year, Second Life!

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I just want to wish everyone a fabulous new year. I hope it is your best yet! 
As for 2007, I reached two important milestones in my life: I graduated college and I met the love of my life.
Enjoy yourselves :) 

Virtual Love, Marriage, and Infidelity in the Land of Pixels

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

This is an off-topic blog post, so feel free to skip it if you aren’t interested!I haven’t posted an actual blog lately - it’s just been tacox3 stuff -  but I wanted to do something I’ve been meaning to do forever: I posted a paper I wrote and presented at the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association/American [...]