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Clara Fernandez-Vara
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Media scholar and narrative designer. NYU Game Center faculty. Loves stories. Also in the elephant platform, same username, social server.
New York City, NYclarafv.netJoined May 2010

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Charlie Kaufman reminding me of why I love his writing, with all its ups and downs. "“They’ve tricked us into thinking we can’t do it without them. The truth is they can’t do anything of value without us.” Applies to writers and anyone who works within systems of oppression.
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Charlie Kaufman accepts WGA Laurel Award: "We writers are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what [executives] do. We are trained to do the bidding of people who are motivated not by curiosity, but by protecting their jobs." Full speech: youtube.com/watch?v=WejrTS
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👇🏼supporting black talent is a year-round thing.
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🚨Just a reminder to all of the brands and studios who have been drawing from this deep ass pool of Black talent for 27 days…we exist the other 11 months of the year too. ✊🏾 Don’t be mercenary with your support. Be blessed.
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I'll be back at MIT in April, so get your tickets!
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The MIT Gaming Industry Club (@mitgic) is hosting the Sloan Gaming Industry Conference here in Cambridge on April 7 with an impressive line-up of speakers (sloangroups.mit.edu/sgic/guests/)! Tickets at eventbrite.com/e/mit-sloan-ga.
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The new grift for people who have too much money and don't realize that this has been around for 20 years and no, it doesn't work like physical real state. *digital media historian collective facepalm*
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There's a new frontier for real estate builders and investors: the metaverse. Pixelated parcels of land are being bought, sold and built upon in a market now worth $1.4 billion. nyti.ms/3lItGoR
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Yesterday my son painted his face like a clown, and did the same to his grandpa. He decided his clown name was Icky and grandpa was Lucky, then goofed around for a while. I just realized they were playing a kid version of Waiting for Godot.
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Joanne is not going to "lose her livelihood", she has way more money that she can spend until the end of her days. She's using her public position and influence to spread messages that hurt people and supports their discrimination. She should stop to show basic human decency.
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You can add your signature in support of the NYT contributors too.
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Many, many New York Times contributors (past and present) have signed this open letter criticizing the NYT's biased coverage of transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people. I am one of them! This letter is worth reading and considering! nytletter.com
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🔴Se ha publicado la convocatoria 2023 de ayudas a empresas y personas físicas para la creación y el desarrollo de proyectos de videojuego en la 🎮Prototipo de videojuegos narrativos 💰Subvención de 25k€ 🗓Plazo: 6 de marzo dev.org.es/es/servicios/a
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Because any day is a good day to have Wendy Carlos on my timeline.
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Love the appreciation for Kim Petras, but she's not the first trans woman ever to win a Grammy, that's Wendy Carlos! Trans synth queen Carlos won 3 Grammys for "Switched-On-Bach" in 1969. She later went on to compose the soundtracks for The Shining and A Clockwork Orange.
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Just got my copy on the mail - it's a great read for us media studies types, game studies people, and monster lovers in general. Congratulations, !
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It's here and it's out! 😈 My book Player vs. Monster launches today on @mitpress. It's a cultural history and a critique of monsters in games that tries to explain why games need monsters at all and what kind of otherness these monsters represent. mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047753/
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Working from home today so I could prep some readings for next week... right as they start tearing apart the apartment below mine and make all the walls shake.
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Fascists come for the books first. Being able to understand others who are not like yourself through their stories is a threat. Believe me, I grew up in a country where they were in power for 40 years.
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Yesterday we logged almost 200 challenges- about 150 of those resulted in immediate removals. This is a picture of all the books removed from one HS library, in one day, in one District, due to the objections of one man. This is not freedom. #FreeTheBooks
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Cool history thread for a Sunday afternoon.
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As a cis female ally who believes #transrightsarehumanrights, I'm tempted to make a thread on trans historical figures to annoy She Who Must Not Be Named & her followers, who are being extra hateful today.
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Great, today is one of those days when people who know shit about writing suddenly think they’re experts on the craft, and the only thing they can say is “it’s BAD” but not how or why or what would be a better version of it. Your opinions may be loud but uninformed.
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The Shop around the Corner, Ninotchka, and To Be or Not To Be. Yes, I like Lubitsch and people should watch more old movies.
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what’s everyone’s holy trinity of romcoms…if you say gone girl you’re getting blocked
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