Do You Have a Secondlife?

Do you have a secondlife?

What’s yer name? Wadda ya do? Beefs? Bouquets?

www.secondlife.com
http://blog.secondlife.com

“Newspapers from and about”…
http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/
http://secondlife.reuters.com/

I remember SecondLife when it was a toddler like Weblo.com. So that was… 2003 I think? Since then I have watched from a distance as it grew exponentially. See…. I have this serious online fetish… my area of “study” is the evolution of online as a public realm. Does that make sense? So I am always on the lookout for things that appear to be a convergence of ideas or spaces, or technologies, etc.

I know there are folks out there who are living it and loving it. I’m curious about people’s experiences. I’m curious about how queers are interacting in this metaverse. I know a few dykes who are there and from what I’ve been reading, there is a fair amount of social commentary and activsm occurring in addition to sex, gambling and commercial interactions.

I don’t have an account, I’ve been researching *around* SL because my current machine won’t let me  run the current versions. Reccomended is 512RAM, but I run 256. That’s what I get for being an early adopter! Got one of the first G4 laptops to hit Vancouver in 2001. Does everything I need it to and has never been sick a day in its life. But I digress. I’m shopping for one now.

Must thank the Professor for sending me the links on race interactions and visual representations. And thanks for her sharing her story of struggling to accurately see herself and her identity reflected.

I’m fascinated that it seems to be full of white people, furries and robots. I’m fascinated that there are SERIOUS issues with being a brown person.

On the other hand…

How can one not visit a place where the American Cancer Society raised $40,000US in a race held in the metaverse? The Great Northern Way campus here in Vancouver has a presence; Harvard holds credit courses, and the Government of Sweden has opened an embassy?

There’s a ballet troupe that performs, public art and galleries that sell on of a kind works. It’s facinating.

A friend of mine has been talking to me about some of the dyke spaces, but I’m interested to know more. Is there a place where LeatherDykes gather? Anyone else got experiences? It would be great to have some folks to hang and connect with when I finally arrive.