E-mail from Women's Study prof on final paper topic.

[fickle]

I took a cursory look at the “suicide girls” website. It’s a fascinating on-line community. I could see immediately that there is a small subset of Asian/American women on the site. I’m supportive of your exploring this as an intriguing place to think critically and creatively about the construction, elf-representation of race in this place: the on-line representation of Goth, punk, radical Asian American “bad girls” in cyberspace. Key references come to mind: I love Asian American Studies scholar Lisa Nakamura’s work on “Race in Cyberspace” (check out her work: she has two books and many articles: Look her up on JStorrs---also check out personal webpage and resume of publications at Asian American Studies, Univ. of llinois, Champagn-Urbana. Begin with her, since you will need to anchor your own observations, notes of “suicide girls” with feminist scholarship on the larger topic of racial/gender construction of identity on-line and in cyber-communities. Get started! Let me know what you are finding.

So, if anyone knows any other websites like suicide girls (punk/Goth/emo/alternative) where you post semi-nude photos of yourself, drop me a comment? Or if you're really nice, help me search through the site for Asian-American chicks that you find particularly interesting/intriguing for whatever reason.

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[fickle-goddess.livejournal.com]

...Now it's made me snicker too, since I was such a hurry to get to class when I posted it that I didn't even notice this. XD

Imagine if I take that as an okay to talk about the lack of Asian elves!