March 2012
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In time for the Chicago Zine Film Fest and in submission to WTUL New Orleans 91.5 FM Broadcasts the Future academic conference.
The Queer Culture & Social Media Study is a documentary project that has been ongoing for two years and continues to expand and explore the relationship between queer social media use in community development and identity exploration.
Following the conversation...
February 2012
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WatchIn time for the Chicago Zine Film Fest and in submission to WTUL New Orleans 91.5 FM Broadcasts the Future academic conference.
The Queer Culture & Social Media Study is a documentary project that has been ongoing for two years and continues to expand and explore the relationship between queer social media use in community development and identity exploration.
Following the conversation of...
December 2011
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WatchAndrew andrewwoj.tumblr.com “Social media in the queer community is a great thing in my perspective. I think that it really encourages people to get together and, you know, come out of your shell a little bit, you know, if you can’t do it in real life who knows, maybe you can do it on the internet.” Andrew is one of the first tumblrs this project followed. He is accomplished in...
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WatchDane fromrighttoleft.tumblr.com “I can put some of my artwork, my writing, my photography online and get reassurance and also find a purpose for myself right now.” Dane is a brilliant transfer to Chicago from Jacksonville, FL who continues to utilize relationship building with other gay men and queer individuals online that fuel his creative work and exploration of self-identity....
August 2011
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WatchAlastair thefeedback.tumblr.com “My disability has always been something I was conscious of…something I was constantly ashamed of, until I realized I was gay.” Alastair is an impressive individual seeing out a queer space that satisfies his integrity driven values after moving from Atlanta to Philadelphia. In his video submissions he discusses the intersectionality of both his queer...
July 2011
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Notes: Online Social Media and Queering Kinship
deputyjoev:
As you may know I have been working on a couple of projects. One of these is the continuation of a study I started as part of my thesis project. Well I went and graduate and am now enrolled to start grad school in the fall, but I got the itch to continue and so the Queer Culture & Social Media Study continues.
I am still going through a good deal of submissions that I am very...
June 2011
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WatchVincent http://hfml.tumblr.com “I’m interested in disclosure as a larger performance of identity and I think that social media had a really important role to play in that.” Vincent is a HIV+ artist who works explicitly with the concept of disclosure throughout his work and social life, such as through his project PWIFd (pwifd.tumblr.com). Within this video he explores how disclosure...
May 2011
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WatchHelios heliosrex.tumblr.com “So in my own life I like to wear women’s clothing and then go into public spaces and not try to conceal my maleness as a way to forcibly queer the space around me and bring trans issues to the forefront of people’s minds.”
Helios recently presented his paper, “Queering Kinship Theory, or, How to be Gay on the Internet” at the...
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WatchColin quinnfordandscout.tumblr.com/ “So you feel you are part of a growing trend and are comforted that you are not alone?” / “Isn’t it going to be just a lot of easy access pornography?”
Colin and partner, Oisin are photographers who document the regular, intimate, public and personal aspects of their relationship in a series that continues today. In this video...
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WatchTopher mugwumpian.tumblr.com
“That’s kinda what the internet and social media is all about is finding a community, a tribe…”
Topher is 26-year-old graphic designer and a multifaceted artist who discusses how social media shaped his introduction to gay communities growing up in rural South Dakota.
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April 2011
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WatchGrace canyoubesure.tumblr.com “I’m struggling finding, you know, people to connect to in my city. Where are all the gay woman? I can’t find them.” Grace is a 24-year-old social work grad student who discusses in what ways her life has been impacted by social media, including YouTube viewings of “The L Word” and fears of being outed on Facebook. All...
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Production upgrade!
A shift in submitted footage to an interactive shared blogging experience. We have received over 30 videos since the projects inception.
As Tumblr is the main medium through which we discuss and encourage submissions, we intend on committing to it as the main call to arms. The submissions will be edited by us and then displayed as part of the interactive study on the blog and will include...
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March 2011
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The first time I hustled I got $20 and two packs...
deputyjoev:
I was 18, I needed gas money, Id just discovered ManHunt.com. What were the roots of your social media to real life experiences?
February 2011
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Web-based social media technology like many other...
Effective examples of this can be seen in campaigns and movements from President Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign, utilizing social media technology to engage youth, to acclaimed Seattle writer Dan Savage’s It Gets Better project, a video project in response to media coverage of recent gay teen suicides. Social media is evolving into an interesting and dynamic individualized/interactive...
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What the hell are we doing with our queer...
The Queer Culture and Social Media Study takes a snapshot of our lives today. What are we doing? Where are we going?
For more information on how to participate please email us at QueerSocialMediaStudy@gmail.com
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In our tenure on this planet we've accumulated...
- Carl Sagan
At the Queer Culture & Social Media Study we believe that a tool is what we make of it.
How have you used the tools provided by social media to better yourself and or others?
For more information on how to participate please email us at QueerSocialMediaStudy@gmail.com
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"My ideal queer community would both celebrate...
- Jill Nagle from ‘Skinny White Chicks and Hung Buff Boys: Queer Sex Spaces and Their Discontents’
The Queer Culture & Social Media Study believes in telling these stories and providing a way for others to listen. Do you have something you want to say?
For more information on how to participate please email us at QueerSocialMediaStudy@gmail.com
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The Queer Culture & Social Media Study: A...
for information about contributing please contact us at QueerSocialMediaStudy@gmail.com
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What is this all about?
Origin Fade-in:
The initial study was started as part of a student thesis for school examining the relationship between social media and queer culture in community building.
I used Tumblr to advertise to and develop interest from contributors.
The videos are a collection of self-filmed clips based around a few questions/prompts I posed.
To continue further exploration we are are expanding...
