Steven Frost

Come work with us! We are recruiting MA and PhD students for next fall.

My department at CU Boulder is now accepting applications for our MA in Media and Public Engagement and our fully funded PhD in Media Studies. We’re especially interested in PhD applicants exploring Digital Humanities. Feel free to reach out if you have questions.
www.colorado.edu/cmci/academi...

I send an occasional newsletter with updates on shows, residencies, and community weaving projects. It’s the best way to keep in touch beyond social media. Subscribe here: mailchi.mp/057b230200ca...

Election 2025 — Boulder Colorado Voter Guide Boulder Colorado Voter Guide from Eric Budd covers state and local ballot measures, candidates, and judges

hi all! I've released my Boulder Colorado Voter Guide update for the 2025 election. the guide covers state and local ballot measures, as well as candidates for city council and BVSD school board. enjoy!

Boulder, Colorado's city government was a different place back in 2020. so famously NIMBY that Boulder City Council made an appearance in "Better Call Saul":

But seriously that last scene with the sheriff was wild. I had to start and stop many times.

I started rereading Hell Follows Us and Manhunt is next. We'll have to have a book club chat in a few weeks

@queerhairboulder.bsky.social I finished Compound Fracture this morning! Thanks for the suggestion that was an intense but incredible read. 

Designed & Discovered Euphoria: Insights from Trans-Femme Players' Experiences of Gender Euphoria in Video Games | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Our work on #transgender gender euphoria in #games is out: Designed & Discovered Euphoria: Insights from Trans-Femme Players' Experiences of Gender Euphoria in Video Games!

(Open access for anyone interested.) #chi2025

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Excited to be part of #CHI2025 in Yokohama! Come check out our Experimental Weaving demo at the Interactivity sessions — hands-on woven textiles, new weaving software, and creative research tools from the Unstable Design Lab. April 28–30 — see you there!

Only took another 25 years to legalize the living situation I and nearly every other student living off campus had to adopt to afford living in the city circa 2000.

A link will be in your inbox tomorrow morning if you're signed up.

Alt text: A promotional graphic for the Experimental Weaving Talk Series featuring Ricki Dwyer. The background includes a grayscale woven textile with frayed edges, folded in a circular pattern. The text overlay contains event details: Feb 5 | 9 AM MST | Zoom. Below, it lists Dwyer’s credentials: Artist & Educator, Bronx Museum AIM Fellow / Parsons. The name “Ricki Dwyer” is displayed in bold blue text, while the rest of the information is in black and gray on a light blue background with diagonal green stripes.

Join us for our Experimental Weaving Talk with Ricki Dwyer on Wed, Feb 5, at 9 AM MST! ✨

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Dwyer, a Brooklyn-based artist & Bronx Museum AIM Fellow, explores weaving as world-building & somatic practice.

#ExperimentalWeaving #WeavingArt #FiberArts

That's a "yes, and" situation.

The Media Archaeology Lab The Media Archaeology Lab is a hands-on space housing working media technologies spanning 12 decades.

The Media Archeology Lab will have a drop-in reception for their new opening in the CASE building on the CU Boulder campus on Friday January 31st from 12pm to 4pm. Stop by and experience life outside the internet! www.mediaarchaeologylab.com

Happy December! who wants tshirts?

oh hi we're doing t-shirts again, here's the pre-order info: open.substack.com/pub/mediaarc...

The Treachery of Images Painting by René Magritte

Front page of tomorrow's NYT:

Come be our colleague!

These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.

The Great Creator Reset The TikTok ban isn't just a platform reconfiguration, it will reshape the political leaning of the creator economy and permanently alter whose voices get heard online.

The TikTok ban permanently reshapes the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape towards the right. Cheering for it in any way is extremely shortsighted www.usermag.co/p/the-great-...

“Lord take Teams not TikTok”

😴 Are people still reading the post?

I'm thrilled that my paper "Slay the Runway: Activating Community Spaces for LGBTQIA Youth Through Fashion and Performance" was accepted to #ICA25. Now have to figure out what I'm going where. Maybe a look from last year's show?

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hey #commsky folks: while waiting for the #ica25 outcome, now is a good time to follow the International Communication Association here, so that 🦋 is the premier platform for the conference:

@icahdq.bsky.social.

They convinced me to nap between appointments. It wasn't hard.

Dog sitting and enjoying a brief respite from winter weather. #boulder #colorado

I know these are just rebranded Lucky Charms but something about this cereal 🥣 is so tempting. #squishmallows

This morning was bonkers! I almost ate it walking the dog because I was trying to snap photos. Turns out the best ones were from our bedroom.

Final grades are officially posted—on the longest night of the year, no less. Fitting for what might have been the longest semester of my life. How did this semester feel for you? 🌙📚