PhD @USCAnnenberg. Get to think about and make wonderful stuff (sometimes immersive, sometimes transmedia, always rhetoric). Lucky duck.

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Who needs a little more Helga in their life? :) (I know I did, so...) I joined the fun with @NickKartRacers, which comes out in just a few days!!! youtu.be/J9TagfAyh9s Can't wait to hear what you think!
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Dr. Francesca Marie Smith retweeted
We are thrilled to listen to Cynthia Wang @thecynthiawang, #ASCJ alumna and founder of LGBTQ storytelling map, @thearqive. "Anyone can geolocate their not-so-straight story. Queer stories are often erased. This allows invisible voices to have a place." #WeAreListening 🏳️‍🌈♥️👂
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"Rest is not a reward. Rest is a need. Rest is a right. Rest is responsible." youtube.com/watch?v=CI0vxSEt… Just one of so many life-changing pearls of wisdom here on ethics, adaptivity, ability, and how we see ourselves...more importantly, how we COULD see ourselves. As worthy. 1/3
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Sure, this is particularly relevant for people who are neurodivergent, chronically ill, or have other impairment/mental health obstacles, and those integrated in their lives. But it's also important for anyone living through this pandemic. 2/3
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This makes my occupational therapy-loving heart so happy, and I hope this message spreads far and wide. So grateful to the users/algorithm that put this on my feed today (@TawasiSoce, @Bibliogato, and @DaveMetzger in particular!)
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A couple of people (thanks!) have let me know that it's now public, so I CAN FINALLY TELL YOU!! ign.com/articles/nickelodeon… It's true, I came back to you all...in a particularly fun way. Can't wait for you all to play and tell me what you think!!
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Replying to @JasonSt77097165
@FrancescaMSmith has reprised her role as Helga Pataki!
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Nice catch, Topher!!
The legend herself is back! @FrancescaMSmith
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Hits home today. I'm grateful and relieved for all those who are able to feel safer now. Still...many can't, so just sending a little word of encouragement to extend kindness, consideration, and care to help protect those who need it.
'COVID is still here': Immunocompromised people express fears as mask mandates are lifted abc7.com/11614945
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Thank you for this helpful, resonant, and inspirational view of your experience with #InvisibleDisabilities, Lynette!
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Dr. Francesca Marie Smith retweeted
9 Sep 2021
A message from Steve for all Blue’s Clues fans💙 #BluesClues25

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Today's delightful eggcorn-ish typo: "learning curb." Particularly apt given I was describing the experience of having to figure out insurance—definitely feeling more like a curb than a curve. ;)
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Heartened by this article a dear friend sent: eurogamer.net/articles/2021-… But I'll need to give more thought to what lessons we can apply more broadly to experience/platform/game designs. As a start: I'm struck by how part of the answer is limiting public visibility of the dialogue.
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Also struck by how anonymity doesn't seem to be intrinsically part of the problem; rather, its value in allowing people to be open and vulnerable seems to far outstrip its ability to let people be mean without consequence. Contrary to what I'd have predicted, most likely!
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My heart swells nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri… H/T @gnawaihtnyc It can feel impossible to do justice to the most complex & important parts of life—stakes are high, "getting it right" often ambiguous. But it means a lot to read this and feel part of something that at least did some good.
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To clarify, taking absolutely no credit for this particular contribution! In fact, much of what the show was doing, why it mattered, wasn't clear to me at the time. That's why it's so striking to look back now and realize how lucky I was, how it was even more special than I knew.
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Dr. Francesca Marie Smith retweeted
Tonight's the night! Support the nominees, including #TheCloneWars, by watching the 48th annual Daytime Emmys for Animation LIVE this Saturday July 17 at 5p PT/ 8p ET! #DaytimeEmmys Watch Daytime Emmy® Awards - Children's & Animation from @TheEmmys watch.theemmys.tv/live-event…

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Dr. Francesca Marie Smith retweeted
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Come hear me drop some interactive storytelling knowledge at this @producersguild webinar - 96n.co/pgaart - Open to everyone!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Thursday, July 15 — 6 p.m. PT. The third and final panel in our Meet The Innovators series. Projects featured include @GoesOutside, @ArtificialNext, #CreateTogether and Oceanides™. To register, visit: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_… #VR #newmedia
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Not sure whether to be proud or disheartened at how many words in my dissertation title merit the red squiggly judgment lines on, for example, LinkedIn. I swear I didn't just make this stuff up! Well, most of it, anyway.
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