Alumnus/Alumna profile
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Eileen Mary Holowka
Thesis supervisor: Sandra Gabriele
Thesis title: Networks of Endometriosis: An Analysis of the Social Media Practices of People with Endometriosis
Eileen Mary Holowka (she/they) is a writer and PhD graduate who studied the intersections of social media and chronic illness, specifically endometriosis. She has worked in game design and literary publishing, and is one of the editors of the upcoming CV2 issue Sick Poetics. She published a digital narrative, circuits, in 2018, which can be played for free online: https://eileen-mary.itch.io/circuits
Articles:
- "What is endometriosis? Patients turn to social media for information and support." The Conversation, 2021. https://theconversation.com/what-is-endometriosis-patients-turn-to-social-media-for-information-and-support-160852
Academic:
- Multiple Authors. “For Whom the Games Toll: A Qualitative and Intergenerational Evaluation of What is Serious in Games for Older Adults.” The Computer Games Journal, 2020.
- "The Post and the Grab: Instagram Memes and Affective Labour.” Youth Mediations and Affective Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
- “Between Artifice and Emotion: The ‘Sad Girls’ of Instagram.” Leadership, Popular Culture, and Social Change. Edward Elgar, 2018
Other writing:
- Upcoming co-editor of CV2 Magazine's "Sick Poetics" issue. https://contemporaryverse2.ca/upcoming-themed-issues/
- Disability Series #3: QWF Showcase with Argo Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8sfjMmez1Y&t=2738s
- “To the child I will not have.” Carte Blanche. 2020.
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