Category: Identity

Posts about Identity, Virtual Identity, Online Identity, Nymwars, etc

 6 Comments on Supporting Parents with Autistic Kids
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Supporting Parents with Autistic Kids

  Keeping up with the…well, anyone, really! Postcard family we are not.  My life revolves around my…

 2 Comments on Walk softly but carry a big stick
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Walk softly but carry a big stick

DAY TO DAY If you were to see me on the street I’d prolly not even stick…

Second Life Photographer Yordie Sands
 7 Comments on Women Adventurers
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Women Adventurers

Last week I rented a store in the town center on Marblehead in Second Life New England….

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 7 Comments on Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (2)
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Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (2)

I’m not sure if you remember, but aaages ago, when the year was still called 2012 and…

 6 Comments on Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (1)
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Avatar & Identity – Mass Effect (1)

Yordie’s excellent posts about Becoming Someone Else reminded me of my duty to write part 2 of…

 0 Comment on Perception, projection, reflection
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Perception, projection, reflection

Quan Lavander invited me to participate in a show at the Art India Gallery in Second Life…

Gracee's 5th Rez Day in Second Life 2012 by Yordie Sands
 1 Comment on Becoming Someone Else – Part 2
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Becoming Someone Else – Part 2

Second Life can be like MMORPG games in many regards, there are “players” who role play exclusively. There…

 6 Comments on Becoming Someone Else – Part 1
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Becoming Someone Else – Part 1

This salon has professional authors with qualifications in education, psychology and other professions who explore identity and virtual identify. I…

 3 Comments on On being delightful…
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On being delightful…

“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who…

 6 Comments on Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix
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Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix

Given our discussion yesterday on stereotypes and prejudices in SL and other virtual worlds, I thought I’d…

 5 Comments on Pride & Prejudice
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Pride & Prejudice

Reading Ravanel’s fantastic article on identity in online gaming environments reminded of my initial shock at the…

 6 Comments on The right question
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The right question

I need your help. I am putting together a real life performance using Second Life and I…

 0 Comment on The Monster Within
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The Monster Within

I don’t think that I would be exaggerating if I said that I’ve always loved to write….

 5 Comments on Open call for avatars for “Second Skin” a performance art piece
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Open call for avatars for “Second Skin” a performance art piece

This is an open call for avatars. I am putting on a Second Life > Real Life…

 2 Comments on Confession of Faith
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Confession of Faith

Another perspective on recent discussions here on the perception of beauty, the projection of identity and the…

 0 Comment on Team Paglia
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Team Paglia

Kris’s inclusion of a quote by Naomi Wolf in her last post (see “This is my body!”)…

 11 Comments on This is my body!!
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This is my body!!

I have been completely exhausted lately, so haven’t had a chance to post anything. I am so…

 3 Comments on What Would Cindy Sherman Do?
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What Would Cindy Sherman Do?

While I have been focusing on Marcel Duchamp and/or Rrose Selavy for the last couple of days…

 0 Comment on A Game between Me and Me
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A Game between Me and Me

I came across this clever YouTube video yesterday while brushing up my knowledge of Rrose Selavy (Duchamp’s…

 4 Comments on The Identity Factory
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The Identity Factory

In the wake of all these great posts on identity in virtual worlds (and RL – thanks,…

 11 Comments on What Identity Is(n’t)
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What Identity Is(n’t)

Finding Yourself from Botgirl Questi on Vimeo. Identity can be many things: costume, tool, vehicle, weapon, armor,…

 10 Comments on Life imitating art, imitating beauty?
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Life imitating art, imitating beauty?

What is this power that beauty holds over us? What is beauty anyway? Ok, so this question…

 6 Comments on Beauty is the Beast
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Beauty is the Beast

For the past couple of days, I’ve been dissecting/overanalyzing/pondering Kris’ performance/post “The Bald and the Beautiful.” What…

 11 Comments on The Bald and The Beautiful
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The Bald and The Beautiful

So in April I was sitting at work in a busy ER and I had an ‘aha’…

 6 Comments on My Genetic Muse
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My Genetic Muse

This is my Aunt Natalie with two of her five hundred dolls. In addition to being an…

 1 Comment on Creative Archaeology 101
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Creative Archaeology 101

I’ve been writing songs for as far back as I can remember. My earliest childhood memories include…

 9 Comments on Cherrybomb: The Band That Never Was
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Cherrybomb: The Band That Never Was

  Some people don’t see a connection between truth and fiction. I get that. But the truth…

 1 Comment on 2011 VWBPE Keynote on Virtual Identity
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2011 VWBPE Keynote on Virtual Identity

This is a recording of a presentation my human counterpart and I made together at the 2011…

 8 Comments on No one can steal my identity (in heaven)
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No one can steal my identity (in heaven)

This is a strange little surrealist trip juxtaposing fluid avatar image deconstruction with a gospel song about…

 5 Comments on Pictures Don’t Tell Stories
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Pictures Don’t Tell Stories

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to animal or non-living things, phenomena, material states and objects…