ExIf Necessity

When it comes to photographic metadata I am obsessive. If an application modifies my ExIf data without telling me, then I am annoyed. This has become increasingly apparent to me recently with some of the tasks that I have attempted to accomplish and their outcome. First of all, several weeks ago I attempted to program […]

Film and Developer from a Novice Perspective

I have been working with film photography off and on for about 2 years now, since about March 2010. I have used a variety of films and chemicals since the beginning. I am now slowly learning what everything I have been working with does and how each element impacts the outcome of the final image. […]

Safe Spaces

Many things have come together today to make me think about the relationship between identity and space. The first prompting of these thoughts was in an article that I was reading (Bell, David, et al. "All Hyped Up And No Place To Go." Gender, Place and Culture (1994): 31-47.), and then another was in a […]

Frustration with Amazon.com’s Add-On Program

I am an Amazon Prime customer and have been for several years. I am accustomed to getting the best customer service experience that Amazon can offer. Unfortunately that has become a far worse experience in the past few months as a result of Amazon’s “new” Add-On Program. First thing to note about “Add-On”: the basis […]

In the confines of identity

As a member of various fetish and BDSM communities I have been silent on the topic of identity related to those communities, primarily because the unity of identity is important to the salience of the community and to the continuance of an open and supportive environment for those who feel that they have a sexual […]

Why “Husband” and “Wife” Are Bad

In same-sex couples who have legally married or have otherwise committed themselves to each other it seems common for them to refer to each other as “husband” or “wife”, but I have a problem with that terminology. The terms “husband” and “wife” are not just gendered terms, they have socially been given different meanings. There […]

Spring 2013 Semester Overload

As a graduate student it is recommended that I take 9 credit hours, a maximum of 12 is allowed. At the current time I am interested in or have been offered 21 hours. Spring 2013 Code Course School HR GR CSLG7600 Sexual Orientation Diversity in Clinical Practice UNC Charlotte 3 SOCY6652 Issues in Social Research […]

Sociology and Information Technology

I have mentioned to several people that I have applied for the Master of Science in Information Technology recently. ALL of them have asked one of two questions: 1. Why are you leaving sociology? 2. Are you leaving sociology? The answers to these questions are: 1. I’m not, 2. No. To make this make more […]

Why I Hate The Closet

October 11th is National Coming Out Day in the United States and seven other countries. I am very happy to for the most part live an open life in which I do not have to hide my true self from the majority of the people with whom I interact. There are still some areas of […]