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Digital Stories (as placed in the essay)

1. LOL (see page 13)
[more on the Loldiers of Odin here]

2. Transcendental Etude (see page 19)

3. Journey to Obscurity (see page 20)
[more on Heidi Lunabba's work here]

4. Turku Ilman Natseja (see page 22)

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Elizabeth Whitney is an Associate Professor in Speech, Communication, and Theatre Arts at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in the City University of New York, and a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Cultures at University of Helsinki. Research for this article was supported by funding from the CUNY Research Foundation and a BMCC Faculty Development Grant. This article was written with support from many friends and colleagues, with special thanks to feedback from the Cultural Studies Research Seminar at University of Helsinki.