Dr Suzanne Black

Happy birthday! 💚

Yes please! I get trying to mimic a close dialogue with another reader, I just don't get the idea of outsourcing affective and intellectual engagement with a text. I giess it's similar to the idea of pre-made sentiment albums in the C18th, which @gothicbodies.bsky.social likened to Tumblr pratices.

I'm giving a talk on Wed 25th March about fanfiction as an example of digital cultural heritage. Do come along if you're in Edinburgh (booking details below).

I'm sorry. That's just cruel 💚

The Software Sustainability Institute wants to hear from you if you code for research as part of your job:

Thank you!!!

Yes! I'll email you the pdf.

More cat cuteness to cheer you up (though feeling blah is totally allowed, too)

Happy birthday! That's such a lovely gift ☕🖊️

a cat is laying on a pillow with the words time to relax written above it Alt: a cat is laying on a pillow with the words 'time to relax' written above it

Yay!

Congrats!

Bluesky (via a list I made).

You are so kind and good at sharing that kindness with others 🤍

I watched a Christmas film once that had a dog in the beginning and then only shot the characters from the waist up, presumably so they wouldn't have to have the dog on set. Lol.

Thank you! I'll pass that along 💚

I have an friend who is trying to research textiles/textile history in relation to libraries (e.g. the history of textile related community groups/activities in library spaces). Does anyone have any suggestions for books / journals? @quinnanya.me - I thought you might know?

Yay! I don't have access to bluesky DMs (didn't want to verify my age). Can I email you?

I would love one! Happy to kick in for postage.

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Jing Bai's exploration of Japanese fandom otaku communities treats thinking about the incursion of gen AI into fan activities as a consideration of the information seeking and organisation practices of humans. Thought-provoking stuff!

Irissa Cisternino & Rebecca Radillo do a great job of laying out the stakes for creativity, especially fan creativity, in the wake of gen AI. They ask what it means to outsource 'labors of love' to a tool, a similar question asked by @elizabethminkel.bsky.social in ellipsus.com/blog/generat...

My first monograph, 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction', will be published by
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!

It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.

See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.

This is such a great article by Eva Cheuk-Yin Li & Ka-Wei Pang about a specific incident in fandom in which discourse around AI deepfakes was weaponised by fans. Beyond the incident itself, it offers a thoughtful example of how to engage with fandom incidents with care and respect.

I hadn't heard that term before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It seems like it will be useful for lots of people.

This article by Tara Heimberger delves further into the popular fan activity of creating, sharing and interacting with characters chat bots, and places this activity in a contimuum of creative and immersive fan practices.

This article examines ChatGPT's biases around queer and heteronormative representation in creative writing and fanfiction. Interesting stuff!

It's stunning! So vibrant!

Thanks!

This article by @julianeugarten.bsky.social is a fascinating glimpse into fanfiction responding to Ancient Greek mythology as well as a meditation on the suitability of specific digital methods for analysing fanfic, emphasising the importance of close reading in computational literary studies 👀📖

That's rough! I hope you have some fun / restful things to do this weekend.