Jul 13Get off, clean: how to use porn responsibly (Originally written for Adolescent)While Pornhub changed the landscape of online porn with its simplicity and convenience, it’s now reminiscent of Amazon in that many sex workers and civilians want to support smaller venues instead. …Onlyfans5 min read
Jul 13Dating as a mixed-race LGBTQ+ person (Originally written for Adolescent)I know from first-hand experience that people treat you way worse online than they do in person — especially if you happen to be a mixed-race LGBTQ person. I wish I could match with a white person on a dating app and not have to immediately check all their social…Tinder3 min read
Jun 17Web 3.0: A dark avatar or the savior of the Web?Within a decade we could achieve some form of Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence database system, where humans can directly interact with machines and people around the world through digital avatars. This has been foreshadowed by movies such as Tron (1982), The Matrix (1999), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), and…Web 317 min read
Jun 17Response to Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy RussellGlitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell, is an exploration of the divide between the digital and the real world and how that divide no longer exists. Russell argues that a glitch which is normally thought of as an error is where liberation can be found within the fissures between…Glitch2 min read
Jun 17Review of Speculative Values: Between the Institution and the NFT hosted by RhizomeIn recent discussions of NFTs or Non-fungible tokens, a debate has arisen as to their value. On the one hand, some argue that NFTs are the next way to decentralize the art market whereby it creates a transparent ledger that documents the actual history of a digital asset and provides…Nft3 min read
Jun 17Response to Kate Crawford’s Atlas of AIIn recent discussions of AI, a controversial issue has been what is being optimized, for whom, and who gets to decide this? From this perspective in The Atlas of AI, Kate Crawford attempts to delve into how is intelligence defined and who benefits from AI to create new ways of…AI2 min read
Apr 14Reflections on Hamlet on the Holodeck ch 6I found the ideas of the rhizome hypertext to be interesting. The Rhizome is an evolving term that stems from the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. It’s an explanatory framework for the networking of both humans and machines, a rhizome is non-hierarchical, heterogeneous, multiplicitous, and acentered. It is…Rhizome2 min read
Apr 7Reflections on Hamlet on the Holodeck Ch 5 AgencyI think that the idea of engaging players or audiences with a sense of agency is what differentiates video games and VR/AR from movies. In Movies, TV, and books the audience is passive, the only control they have is to keep watching or turn the page. With video games, players…VR3 min read
Mar 31Reflections on hamlet on the holodeck Chapter 4Ok so I felt this chapter to be the one that most flew over my head with a lot of references to books and TV shows that I had not watched before so I didn’t understand all the context. I would say that there were a could of ideas that…Gaming2 min read
Mar 24Reflections on Hamlet on the holodeck Ch 3I think this chapter really specks on the ideas of AI and how it is neither artificial nor intelligent but something which is participatory. Machines create based on a set of functions that we have induced input. I am interested in using more procedural and generated technology for creating environments…2 min read
