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BO RUBERG, Ph.D.
To reach Dr. Ruberg, please email them at bruberg [at] uci.edu. You can also find them on Twitter as @myownvelouria.
Dr. Ruberg is a Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine.
For more information about Dr. Ruberg and their work, please visit the "Bio & Contact" section or their UCI faculty page.OUR GLASS LAKE
is Bo's blog and personal website.- Title: "'Look, make Mother take you and me to Our Glass Lake tomorrow.' These were the textual words said to me by my twelve-year-old flame in a voluptuous whisper." -Lolita
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Author Archives: Bonnie
Queerer than thou
I can’t believe I have to say this: there is no such thing as being “queer enough.” “Queer” is a term of self-identification. No one is the gate keeper of queerness. In any objective sense, you cannot be deemed more … Continue reading
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They’re just as scared of us than we are of them
As a new media scholar, I often feel like my research interests aren’t “serious” enough for academia. Other people at school: “And what do you work on, Bonnie?” Me: “I look at video games and cybersex and humans hitting each … Continue reading
Sometimes I dream about John Darnielle
I like the Mountain Goats. I like the Mountain Goats a lot. I recently bought a used car with a CD player and no iPhone jack. The four CDs I burnt to play while I drive around town (yes, the … Continue reading
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The many linguistic uses of iPhone emoticons
I’ve become fascinated by the emoji keyboard on the iPhone, especially now that iOS 6 comes with a wider range of options, including everything from the hilariously banal to the bafflingly bizarre to the surprisingly queer friendly. I thought, when … Continue reading
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Teaching sex on the internet
I’m excited to be teaching this summer a new course that I designed for the Gender & Women’s Studies department. It’s titled “Gender and Sexuality in Digital Cultures,” but it might as well be called “Sex on the Internet.” Topics … Continue reading
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‘Nowhere & Everywhere: Writing Place in Cybersex’
I’m excited to be headed back to the American Comparative Literature Association conference this spring, which is being held in Toronto. Last year, when the conference was in Providence, I gave a talk tastefully titled “Fucking Fiction, Fucking Fact,” on … Continue reading
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Next Wednesday: Hear Bonnie Talk about Kafka and Cybersex
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about my presentations, but this next one will be right here at Berkeley, and all are welcome! Next Wednesday, 11/14, from 3:30 to 5:00, three of us New Media DE grad students will … Continue reading
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Masochistic Encounters with Public Art
Thank you to the review committee for considering this grant proposal for my performance art project, “I Love You I Have Always Loved You: Masochist Encounters with Large-Scale Public Art.” Describe the nature of your project: I will be traveling … Continue reading
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Haunting ‘Three Graces’ Installation by Mary Coss
Sculpture parks are a mixed bag. The best integrate form and material with environment. The worst plop overly sentimental or corporate-esque art into a preciously bucolic setting. Even Burning Man’s art-filled open playa, which the Artery carefully arrays like a … Continue reading
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Overheard: Bataille on Loving Fearing Halloween
Another day, another bizarre intersection of quals reading and real life. This afternoon I was sitting in a coffee shop in Pac Heights, doing reading about literary violence. The cafe was crowded; the only available table was tucked tightly against … Continue reading
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