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Recently Archived: Kodai School Life - Part 1 (SEP 1998)
I’m not sure it ever occurred to me when I was younger how critical the internet and online experience would be to me. It was always there; it was a privilege to have and use, and it was almost seemingly natural. I didn’t start using it more for its other features until I reached the end of middle school and onto high school; prior to that it was for games or perusing through online shops to build myself an ideal lifestyle, to plan an ideal future.
In high school, I realized that I spent a lot of time online and began utilizing it, mindlessly, as a primal tool for communication. I had a lot of speech insecurities, and I still do, but using messaging and chat systems made talking a lot easier for me. I never realized that writing was a form of communication until the internet became that for me. It is now, more so than ever, my primary resource for more aspects of my life than I can count.
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Mads on curating identity, speech, and access on the internet.
It’s something I never really thought about. When I joined the network I didn’t see it as a learning space, I acquire my education in different ways. But this is from a space of privilege as I was a uni student at the time. This isn’t the experience for all members, this can be damaging for them because the educational side of the network isn’t brought to the forefront...What you see in the network right now is a reflection of those who feel most confident posting. What’s posted on the walls may not be reflection of the whole club, but definitely reflects who has the most power.
Soo, an admin from a popular WOC network on Facebook, about how the culture of communication develops, changes, and operates within social networks built on common identity.
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Would you take someone on as staff writing who has no formal experience in writing but has the life experience that can contribute to social discussion?
hey! is mesh a global thing?
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Are you looking/will you ever be looking for poems?
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is Mesh Archive only looking for submissions from poc? i was thinking of submitting but i wouldn't want to invade a space that wasn't meant for me
Mesh is about negotiating identity, so as long as you feel you have experience with that then feel free to apply!