tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post2486204536374999273..comments2024-02-13T23:28:25.524+11:00Comments on Sarah Stewart: My virtual appearence in Second LifeSarah Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-60996805537260797132008-03-28T10:06:00.000+11:002008-03-28T10:06:00.000+11:00Thank you for your comment, Cheryl. It is a fascin...Thank you for your comment, Cheryl. It is a fascinating subject and no doubt someone somewhere is doing a PhD on it. It is some months since I wrote this post and I have decided to stick with my 'hobbit' appearance but I acknowledge what you say is true about social pressures.Sarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-1510267707915976252008-03-27T14:48:00.000+11:002008-03-27T14:48:00.000+11:00I too find this all interesting and found this lin...I too find this all interesting and found this link. http://chronicle.com/media/audio/v53/i49/boellstorff/<BR/><BR/>You may know it. "...in SL you get to know people from the outside in" he says.<BR/><BR/>For me the hot chick thing is as scary in SL as it is in RL but it's scarier to be recognisable as a noob because the skin is not right or the hair is odd. It's weird I find. I agree with Leigh - let's just get on with looking and exploring but.....that old social conformity is very strong, is it not?<BR/><BR/>Pleased to find others feeling slightly unnerved too.cherbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989273896322150569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-22443127147993935332007-10-29T16:05:00.000+11:002007-10-29T16:05:00.000+11:00Sorry Sarah I should have said too that catkins_in...Sorry Sarah I should have said too that catkins_in_nz is the blogger name for Clare Atkins aka Arwenna Stardust!! It all gets so confusing sometimes!!catkins_in_nzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365863320328787042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-51418945498847086372007-10-29T15:22:00.000+11:002007-10-29T15:22:00.000+11:00Hi Catkins, I am sure you are right about the theo...Hi Catkins, I am sure you are right about the theoretical underpinnings of this discussion - I find it all very fascinating and would love to look at it more closely - one day, maybe...!?Sarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-31781702408950045782007-10-29T15:17:00.000+11:002007-10-29T15:17:00.000+11:00One of the interesting things that I have observed...One of the interesting things that I have observed is the way in which people's avatars change as they begin to find their own identity in Second Life - and also how facially the avatar they create is often a recognisable version of themselves. There's have been a number of conversations on the SL Educators listserve about what is an 'appropriate' avatar form to use for teaching and even what are appropriate clothes to wear! I think it is important most of all to feel comfortable with your avatar - for all the people who have never met you in real life your avatar is you and that is how they think of you. Aaron Griffiths and I first met in SL and even now I think of him as Isa rather than Aaron - in fact the first time we met in RL we both had confused moments of calling each other by our SL names!! <BR/>My avatar doesn't look like me at all - at least so I thought - until one day one of my students commented on that - "Aaah" she said "but it looks like the essence of you"......Im sure there's at least one PhD in here!!!catkins_in_nzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365863320328787042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-74798740913970864012007-10-28T18:51:00.000+11:002007-10-28T18:51:00.000+11:00I really like that, Leigh-you've articulated exact...I really like that, Leigh-you've articulated exactly how I feel - I actually want to be different, so will work on it. To be honest, haven't gelled with SL, even after a tour of some IBM sites. I'm sure I just need practice.Sarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-73537824039664692642007-10-28T18:46:00.000+11:002007-10-28T18:46:00.000+11:00"hot chicks" in SL AND RL are embarrassing! It dep..."hot chicks" in SL AND RL are embarrassing! It depresses me to see the absence of creative imagination almost everywhere I look. And I loath any reminder of my own weakness on this front.<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll continue to resist (is this really something you are resisting? :( and model something creative.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps build something grotesque. That's what I tried to do. Why not be a man? WHat an opportunity for you feminista! See a world through male eyes. Build something Alien. Build something bewildering, but please don't build a stereotyped beauty myth hot chick.<BR/><BR/>Actually I like your avatar's shape AND costume as it is now. Leave it the way it is and spend your time exploring everything else instead.<BR/><BR/>Who cares what you look like, care for what you can see.Leigh Blackallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845313396595646728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-51989436436943580162007-10-28T17:00:00.000+11:002007-10-28T17:00:00.000+11:00I know, Linda, thats what 'the girls' say!I know, Linda, thats what 'the girls' say!Sarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-23328854323519180172007-10-28T15:36:00.000+11:002007-10-28T15:36:00.000+11:00If I wasn't worried about tackling 2nd life before...If I wasn't worried about tackling 2nd life before I am now! I have in fact signed up but so far have not ventured into this arena. Next task. Why would you want to be yourself if you could be someone who is a crazy dream - size seems the least of the issues!Linda Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11859401047329903160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-78291445277163026052007-10-27T18:45:00.000+10:002007-10-27T18:45:00.000+10:00I agree - you can be whatever you wish to be! In r...I agree - you can be whatever you wish to be! In real life or SL! Perhaps you start in SL and before you know it it's really you in RL! Either way I'd love you!<BR/>I admire you that you went on SL. I'm still nervous about knowing where my naked avatar is or isn't!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652950132925204088.post-83775954234978532362007-10-27T14:26:00.000+10:002007-10-27T14:26:00.000+10:00go on be the babe you really know you are. Your re...go on be the babe you really know you are. Your real life is nothing like your SL figure.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464510128406258242noreply@blogger.com