FINAL RESEARCH BLOGGG EVERR :)

When going over the reasearch blogs that I did I found the most difficult part about doing them was actually doing them. I found myself not doing the work. It would either slip my mind or i just didnt' want to put in the effort to do them. Personally I am a person that hates to have to go online to do work, posting a blog to me is very difficult. Because i get very frustrated with computers. And since this was my first blog I didn't know what i was doing. I hate doing work that I am not familar with.


But, so good aspects about this class overall and the blogging was that the I got to learn how to do something practical that i might actually do in the future; blogging that is. I got to learn how to use a computer. This blog made me have dead lines and made me do my work before I let all the points slip away and i couldn't get the work done.

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One key term that can fully be explored with being an otherkin and the site is performativity. The otherkin subculture goes against this term, before one even expores the site. The group already goes against the social norm of a group of people who don't follow the ways of normal society. They don't act human because they don't think they are. They don't behave as if they were born a normal human beng the beleive that they are not human that they are, elves or faries or vampires they don't follow what normal humans do in society. One can see that by the blog site. One man thought that he had wings growing out of his shoulderblades. One can see from the blog of Veamoryn the he/she believe to be a being from a different world. “I ended up with a physical symptom that wouldn't go away, namely phantom wings coming out of my shoulder blades. The strength of thinking that you are someone else can be both emotionally and physically draining without the help of others who believe themselves to different can make one go crazy. The group believes themselves to be too different from the regular community they feel as if they will never accepted for who they are. They don't follow social norm.

Research 12

My research site was very helpful in learning about the otherkin subculture. It showed me the different aspects of being an otherkin i learned about their race; otherkins are a different race unlike humans they beleive themselves to not be humans at all they think that they are other creatures put in human bodies. They also believe that they have a different history that they have a past unlike any other human. Each group of otherkin species are all individuals they all are part of  group but they can roam free on their own they are under the survalliace of the group but only when they want to be. They can leave when they want and they don't have to made to stay. The otherkin species work as a community through their sites because they hold functions and meetings, they are communiticate through chat and their blogs.

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When I tried to become a member of the various chat sites for being an otherkin i found it extrememly difficult most of the sites either were out dated and no longer accepted new members or they tried to get me to download a special app. on my computer, and i did not feel comfortable doing that. I didnt' want to add a virus to my computer. So overall i failed at joining a group like socailly. But it was very easy for me to "creep" or explore the sites of otherkins, they had many blogs and explanation sites on how it felt to be an otherkin. I got to learn how to act like various types and learned about their beliefs and custums. I couldn't publish a post due to all the sites being blocked but i could visit many areas.

http://www.otherkin.net/community/links/Otherkin.html
this was a very generic site that allowed me to go to many different types of otherkin blogs.

Research 9

9. When exploring the different sites for my subculture one can see that the members are pulled into being othrkins because of the diverseness of the group. Otherkins have so many different types of beings that anyone who believes themselves to be different from the rest of the group can have the chance to join. They are pulled in by the different blogs that showcase how they function and how everyone there is friendly. On many of the sites the memeber post activites and numbers, addresses and ways to contact one another so that every member feels wanted and accepted in the group. Each member of the group has their own identiy they can either just be a non origional otherkin or be more specific like an elf, fae, dragon or any other mythical creature. Each subculture within the subculture has their own identity in the group. Each person gets represented for who they are by participating in the group.

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King, Adam B. "Finding Online Subcultures." Ohio Link. Northern Illinois University, May 200. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. <http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/King_Adam_B.pdf?issn=08944393&issue=v26i0002&article=137_fosism>.

Hofstede, Geret. "Identifying Organizational Subcultures: an Imperical Approach." Journal of Management Studies. 1 Jan. 1998. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. <http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/Hofstede_Geert.pdf?issn=00222380&issue=v35i0001&article=1_iosaea>.

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Whittaker, Jason. "Goth Subcultures in Cyberspace." Dark Webs. University College Falmouth. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&hid=10&sid=38bc5825-1925-49c7-be37-038592584dae%40sessionmgr15.

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Whittaker, Jason. "Goth Subcultures in Cyberspace." Dark Webs. University College Falmouth. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=5&hid=10&sid=38bc5825-1925-49c7-be37-038592584dae%40sessionmgr15.

The article is about how the development of subcultures has been on the rise due to the internet and blogging. One key subculture that is on the rise is gothic subcultures. They are growing because of the new ways that people can chat and blog about what they like and their hobbies.