Preface: This was my semester project for Women in Popular Culture. We were required to keep a journal and complete five response activities. You can see a very clear image of what my interests in university were based upon this project.

Scrapbook Entry One: "You are what you buy." Consider the importance of consumer products in you life. How do you respond to being told your identity is equivalent to the products you buy? Do you resist the motion? Do you communicate your sense of self to others through objects or as an object?


Scrapbook Entry Two: Which fantasy or fictional figures seemed to have had a concrete effect on you--on the way you think, or daydream or act? How have you used these figures in fantasies? What benefits have you gained? What are the downsides? Have tou ever wanted to be a femme-fatale? If yes, why and how do you see yourself? Describe, draw make a picture of 'you'. If not, what kind of alter ego have you fantasized for yourself-- describe, draw, make a picture of you?

Scrapbook Entry Three: As Vamp as she Wants to Be
Vamps continue to be popular figures today; find a contemporary vamp figure--either in advertising, film, music, or television--and write up an analysis of that figure that includes answers to the following questions: 1. What social or political anxieties do you see this figure negotiating for us--how does she serve to alleviate fear? How is sexuality at issue in this figure--what comment is the figure making about sex?


Scrapbook Entry Four: The Naked Truth about Me & Marilyn
Marilrn Monroe is often considered these days to be a "commodified object to be consumed." In her famous nude photograph, she is seen both offering and concealing her 'goods'. Out bodies are sold to us in a variety of ways. Can you think of a moment, or an event, or even a converation in which you felt your "body" became or felt like an object. Describe that moment. Give some contemporary examples of how the human body, male or female, is used as a commodity in the media.

Preface: This was my senior project (independent study) with Dr. Stephanie Smith. Combining electronic media theories and creative writing spaces, I was able to do a research project that was stimulating, educational, and creative. Part of the experiment was with HTML formatting and electronic writing styles, meaning possible lax grammar ahead. Unfortunately, there is a large possibility that the rest of this project is lost (unless I have a back up or hard copy back in Florida).

Techno Diva: The beginnings of her summer thesis project:
Name: Cera Thompson
Log on: cleØpatrah
Age: 21

This is the experimental diaries of a techno-diva in her own mind. set in the possible future, she lives a normal life (according to her knowledge of normal, not by that of the acceptable social standards set by those around her). her passion for exploration partnered with her curiosity tend to shelter her from the outside world. she lives to exist without rules and although she may look sweet and innocent, she too has a dark side.

Preface: Originally posted on my Bactroid.net user account, many, many moons ago. About my Love-Hate-Hate-HATE relationship with technology and how at times, it seems I need an intervention...

Introduction: When it comes to electronics, my “inner guy” (1) comes out to play like a desperate and lonely, fan boy demanding some sort of emotional release. My passion for gadgets, gizmos, consoles, and all other things that are shiny, has over the years branded me as someone who has a “14 year old boy trapped in a woman’s body.” I’m the kind of girl who prefers to pass on makeup and pretty clothes and dives head long, straight into the electronics section of any store she encounters. (2) I love electronics, but unfortunately, the relationship is extremely one sided.