Dr. Emma Leigh Waldron
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@EmWalz
She/her. Researcher/Lecturer at UCI. Editor-at-large @AnalogGameJrnl. Writing a book on ASMR. Occasional posts on tv, film, theater, & games. (opinions my own)
it goes without saying that JK Rowling’s take on Lolita is both extremely harmful (consider the source) and extremely common. a few years ago back, i made a podcast about why. it’s called ‘Lolita podcast’ and takes a look at how culture took a complex book that’s a litmus test for whether its deeply sick protagonist can convince you he’s telling a love story and not the destruction of Dolores Haze’s life, and took him at his word. it’s about everything from a deeper look at Nabokov’s life and implied experiences with CSA, to interviews with the women who played lolita onscreen and onstage as children, to young women today who have read the book and see it for the horror that it is and want to reclaim dolores, not lolita. it was really tough to make but hope it can help contextulaize why this read of a book that is far more complex than rowling can take on exists. dolores forever 💖 check it out if you like and fuck jk rowling: open.spotify.com/show/4dvc06zTA…
📢 Exciting news! Game In Lab partners with @AnalogGameJrnl for the free online #GenerationAnalog 2024 conference on July 24 and 25! This year's theme: "HOME". Discover how games and home intersect in a variety of ways. 🏠 🔗More information and program: bit.ly/3VtXLa2
The latest Analog Game Studies issue is here! Peter D. Evan tells the Japanese origin of the modern d20. Neal Baker pores over 50 years of Gen Con event data. Sabina Belc and Joseph Dumit demonstrate how games can serve civic education. Check it out! analoggamestudies.org
