[Air-l] hanging out and mushes - performatively masculine still?

[Radhika Gajjala]

At 12:47 PM 3/24/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm also interested in what people have found on this issue.  It is worth 
>noting that the mud I studied was more male-dominated (in both numbers and 
>culture) than many, if not most, existing at that time.  That group still 
>exists online (with some loss of original members and some new 
>participants) and remains as male-dominated as ever.  But it has never 
>been typical.


Lori - I really liked your book:)


>As for the young generation of mush-ers, how active and big is it?  Even 
>among my most online-active students, only a very few even know what a 
>mud/moo/etc. is.  They participate on message boards, blogs, IM, but don't 
>mud.


I know (of) a few kids who still hang out and play in mushes (they also 
tend to be offline "gamers" hanging out at hobby stores and so on - but I 
really shouldnt generalise from my small "sample":)) - from College dorms 
etc = so I think these environments are still being built and used.

r


>Lori
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