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Online Communal Spaces and their Potential for Activism
In the two chapters that we read for this week, we see how the authors create/contribute to online communities centered on autism and how...
Dylan Zumwalt
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Psychiatry and Sexuality vs. Psychiatry and Gender
In “We Are Certain of Our Own Insanity,” Lewis documents the history of the struggle between gay liberation activists and psychiatrists...
Dylan Zumwalt
Oct 7, 20222 min read
Crip Camp and the People Involved in History
Crip Camp is a documentary that followed a group of people that met at a camp for disabled kids and stayed connected throughout their...
Dylan Zumwalt
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Acceleration and Personalization: Bringing Trans Issues to the Surface
The dynamics of acceleration and personalization, as observed by Poell and van Dijck, allow sources with varying levels of influence and...
Dylan Zumwalt
Sep 23, 20221 min read


Hashtags, Topoi, and the Fight for Trans Equality
One topos or multiple topoi are commonplaces that lay the groundwork for discourse. Topoi fluctuate depending on what the dominant...
Dylan Zumwalt
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Welcome to Me!
My name is Dylan Zumwalt, and I am an English major on the Communications and Technology track. I'm in my senior year here at UMBC. I...
Dylan Zumwalt
Sep 15, 20221 min read
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