Shira Chess (she/her)
@shirachess.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Current projects:
1. The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse (MIT press, 2026)💫
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century digital culture (Strange Attractor with RU Sirius)
Current projects:
1. The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse (MIT press, 2026)💫
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century digital culture (Strange Attractor with RU Sirius)
From here on out, all of my author photos will be cosplaying as Todd Rundgren. Photo by Bart Nagel.
May 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
From here on out, all of my author photos will be cosplaying as Todd Rundgren. Photo by Bart Nagel.
A Tale of two editors.
Me interviewing two iconic 80s/90s magazine editors from opposite ends of the publishing spectrum: Kevin Kelly (Whole Earth, Wired) and V Vale (RE/Search).
Me interviewing two iconic 80s/90s magazine editors from opposite ends of the publishing spectrum: Kevin Kelly (Whole Earth, Wired) and V Vale (RE/Search).
May 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A Tale of two editors.
Me interviewing two iconic 80s/90s magazine editors from opposite ends of the publishing spectrum: Kevin Kelly (Whole Earth, Wired) and V Vale (RE/Search).
Me interviewing two iconic 80s/90s magazine editors from opposite ends of the publishing spectrum: Kevin Kelly (Whole Earth, Wired) and V Vale (RE/Search).
ARE YOU TURNED OFF BY YOUR COMPUTER? (Yup!) Ad from High Frontiers Issue 1 (1984).
February 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
ARE YOU TURNED OFF BY YOUR COMPUTER? (Yup!) Ad from High Frontiers Issue 1 (1984).
Oh hey, this Marvin Minsky cover pull quote from Electric Word (Jane & Louis’ pre-WIRED magazine) did not age very well….
December 11, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Oh hey, this Marvin Minsky cover pull quote from Electric Word (Jane & Louis’ pre-WIRED magazine) did not age very well….
I did my best to write an academic book that people will need some popcorn to read. For now, here’s my Table of Contents! [7/7]
December 4, 2024 at 11:46 AM
I did my best to write an academic book that people will need some popcorn to read. For now, here’s my Table of Contents! [7/7]
* not actually all of my small army of Nintendo DSs.
November 14, 2024 at 3:10 AM
* not actually all of my small army of Nintendo DSs.
As we try to make sense of recent events, I’d like to recommend @adriennemassanari.bsky.social new book about how gaming logic fueled (& continues to fuel) the alt-right.
Bonus: her first Amazon review. if you are a white liberal woman it doubles as masturbation fodder! A solid endorsement…
Bonus: her first Amazon review. if you are a white liberal woman it doubles as masturbation fodder! A solid endorsement…
November 11, 2024 at 12:22 PM
As we try to make sense of recent events, I’d like to recommend @adriennemassanari.bsky.social new book about how gaming logic fueled (& continues to fuel) the alt-right.
Bonus: her first Amazon review. if you are a white liberal woman it doubles as masturbation fodder! A solid endorsement…
Bonus: her first Amazon review. if you are a white liberal woman it doubles as masturbation fodder! A solid endorsement…
How did I just realize that Joey Ramone in the Pet Semetary video looks like Andy Sandberg in an SNL wig?
November 10, 2024 at 12:49 AM
How did I just realize that Joey Ramone in the Pet Semetary video looks like Andy Sandberg in an SNL wig?
“Now that you can control virtual reality, take control over how your body feels.”
September 28, 2024 at 4:54 PM
“Now that you can control virtual reality, take control over how your body feels.”