Sidney Garner

MA in Media Studies at UT Austin | fans, race, gender, and sexuality | soup enthusiast | she/her

[Sidney Garner @GarnerSidney]

My report on aro/ace fanfic writing is now available! Thank you to everyone that participated and to everyone that supported me along the way! (pls laugh at my jokes and drawings) https://t.co/ebiQgCdoaF

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@7kings7muses Thank you! I will be posting throughout the research process on Tumblr and I will eventually make a website to display my findings (months away!) (https://t.co/Mj5rK8zdd2)

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My masters report is on aro/ace fanfiction writing and I'm doing a survey! Writers (18+) of aro and/or ace fanfiction, this survey is for you! Please share widely! (https://t.co/bGqFgC9ZB0) #aromantic #asexual #fanfiction

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You can follow this research on Tumblr: https://t.co/XMOvqqZhWF

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@strawberryjei Hi, the ranking is intentional and the question should be working fine. I do see where your concern is and I'll make a note to be conscious of this when I start analyzing the data

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@SpaceTurtleArt Hi, it should have autofillwd based on you location. I'm looking into it

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@elmyra Try this link: https://t.co/ZxIFe2ibOD

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@bikokueh Try this link: https://t.co/ZxIFe2ibOD

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@FYeahAsexual @FYeahAsexual
New version with alt text (hope I did it justice). My masters report is on aro/ace fanfiction writing and I'm doing a survey! Writers (18+) of aro and/or ace fanfiction, this survey is for you! Please share widely! (https://t.co/bGqFgC9rLs)

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@kerinky @lusty_charming https://t.co/GbG5vg3j5Q Feel free to follow the blog as well for other updates!

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Amazon’s material environmental impacts vs how Amazon wants you to experience their “pleasure garden”

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Emily West’s “pleasure garden” concept in #buynowbook is useful in combating Amazon’s use of naturalistic metaphors that divert from the “materialities of digital technology and its environmental impact”.

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#buynowbook really shows how Amazon’s strategies for expanding internationally are both insidious and coercive. They present themselves as locally beneficial when they are using their political weight to bypass domestic business protection policies.

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Amazon uses globalization to present itself as less American and more specific to local cultures while on a global scale. We’d be interested to see how Amazon operates in South American and African countries in relation to their specific cultures.

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Thank you @jmcclearen for introducing us to @westemilye ‘s Buy Now. My group enjoyed this book and we fussed on the Image section and its analysis of Amazon’s ecological metaphors, monopoly, globalization, and ubiquity. #buynowbook

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Amazon’s presence is so large that customers are inundated with all its programs and services to the point that Amazon nearly becomes our only option. It presents itself with ecological metaphors to affect customer’s feelings and equates itself with the ubiquity of nature.

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@murap_iaar Slave catchers became sheriffs and we can't allow their history to be erased. They should not be heroes who save the day because they are a source of trauma for many different people.

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@murap_iaar Right now, we are seeing increased visibility to police brutality. This means we must be vigilant about the messages our media is sending. We can't blindly accept films that glamorize cops as heroes because the very idea of modern cops is born out of anti-Blackness...

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@murap_iaar Putting a Black character on screen doesn't mean there is conscious effort in representing Blackness. Doing so can cause more harm than good. We have to use the right people to tell their own stories because they're the one who know their struggle.

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@murap_iaar Specifically, film and TV have become a major source of entertainment. Through these, we draw conclusions about certain groups of people based on the representations we see on screen. Those conclusions are then used to make judgments about the actual individuals we encounter.