DeeDeeChainey
@deedeechainey.bsky.social
Storyteller. Heritage botherer. @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social & @folklorethursday.bsky.social founder; #TreasuryOfFolklore author. #XR and #UX enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/deedeechainey
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DeeDeeChainey
@deedeechainey.bsky.social
· Jul 27
On Being Heard in the Immersive Web: A Journey Through Fairy Tale, Embodiment and Inclusion
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. XR will, too - when we build tools that amplify all voices
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On Being Heard in the #ImmersiveWeb: A Journey Through Fairy Tale, Embodiment and #Inclusion
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. #XR will, too—when we build tools that amplify all voices.
open.substack.com/pub/deedeech...
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. #XR will, too—when we build tools that amplify all voices.
open.substack.com/pub/deedeech...
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Join us on Thursday!
We are all related. We have one foremother who lived thousands of years ago. Join @helenerwin.bsky.social and @keithcchan.bsky.social on Thursday October 23 at 7 pm Eastern. We're on #ENGAGEXR
#VR #XR #Science #Genetics #History
#VR #XR #Science #Genetics #History
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Join us on Thursday!
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Waterstones are offering 25% off my pre-orders of my next book, Curious Cats and Fantastical Felines!
Enter code OCTOBER25 at checkout on the Waterstones website or app, valid until 17th October.
Enter code OCTOBER25 at checkout on the Waterstones website or app, valid until 17th October.
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Waterstones are offering 25% off my pre-orders of my next book, Curious Cats and Fantastical Felines!
Enter code OCTOBER25 at checkout on the Waterstones website or app, valid until 17th October.
Enter code OCTOBER25 at checkout on the Waterstones website or app, valid until 17th October.
Do visit The Foremothers Cafe, it's a fantastic space!
When a Swede in Japan and a Swede in New York meet their British friend in Malta in Sweden in 1918.
No you didn't read that wrong, it's the magic of the Metaverse!
#Together #Global #NoBorders
@deedeechainey.bsky.social
youtu.be/CGS8tUESzFM
No you didn't read that wrong, it's the magic of the Metaverse!
#Together #Global #NoBorders
@deedeechainey.bsky.social
youtu.be/CGS8tUESzFM
The Foremothers Cafe's Global Community
YouTube video by Helen Lundström Erwin
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Do visit The Foremothers Cafe, it's a fantastic space!
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This is The Foremothers Cafe's brand new account moving from @helenerwin.bsky.social author account to focus more on Virtual Reality.
If you're in #XR and like #VR #Culture and #WomensHistory please follow us and help us grow.
If you're in #XR and like #VR #Culture and #WomensHistory please follow us and help us grow.
October 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is The Foremothers Cafe's brand new account moving from @helenerwin.bsky.social author account to focus more on Virtual Reality.
If you're in #XR and like #VR #Culture and #WomensHistory please follow us and help us grow.
If you're in #XR and like #VR #Culture and #WomensHistory please follow us and help us grow.
So much fun yesterday feeding cookies to dragons and wolves with @helenerwin.bsky.social at #TheForemothersCafé! 🍪
This tiny dragon is definitely my favourite creature in VR.
(The dancing demon is brilliant but creepy!)
#FolkloreThursday #VR #EngageXR
This tiny dragon is definitely my favourite creature in VR.
(The dancing demon is brilliant but creepy!)
#FolkloreThursday #VR #EngageXR
When you meet a fellow folklorist in VR things tend to get playful! @deedeechainey.bsky.social and I shared coffee with fierce demons, a stag, an endearing little dragon, and a hungry wolf in #TheForemothersCafe today.
#FolkloreFun #Folklore #Magic
#FolkloreFun #Folklore #Magic
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So much fun yesterday feeding cookies to dragons and wolves with @helenerwin.bsky.social at #TheForemothersCafé! 🍪
This tiny dragon is definitely my favourite creature in VR.
(The dancing demon is brilliant but creepy!)
#FolkloreThursday #VR #EngageXR
This tiny dragon is definitely my favourite creature in VR.
(The dancing demon is brilliant but creepy!)
#FolkloreThursday #VR #EngageXR
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This Saturday, from 8pm, I’m giving a short talk for the wonderful @edgeways.bsky.social group.
It’s free, but attendees do need to register beforehand. I’m really looking forward to it, hopefully see some of you there 🙂
tinyurl.com/NewEdgewaysR...
It’s free, but attendees do need to register beforehand. I’m really looking forward to it, hopefully see some of you there 🙂
tinyurl.com/NewEdgewaysR...
September 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This Saturday, from 8pm, I’m giving a short talk for the wonderful @edgeways.bsky.social group.
It’s free, but attendees do need to register beforehand. I’m really looking forward to it, hopefully see some of you there 🙂
tinyurl.com/NewEdgewaysR...
It’s free, but attendees do need to register beforehand. I’m really looking forward to it, hopefully see some of you there 🙂
tinyurl.com/NewEdgewaysR...
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Out now!
The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson
Keeping the best place by the fire
By Andrea Wright
A complete and chronological overview of Henson's career from the late 1950s to his death in 1990 bit.ly/4mcQtCV
#JimHenson #TheMuppetShow #FairyTales #ScreenStudies
The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson
Keeping the best place by the fire
By Andrea Wright
A complete and chronological overview of Henson's career from the late 1950s to his death in 1990 bit.ly/4mcQtCV
#JimHenson #TheMuppetShow #FairyTales #ScreenStudies
September 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Out now!
The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson
Keeping the best place by the fire
By Andrea Wright
A complete and chronological overview of Henson's career from the late 1950s to his death in 1990 bit.ly/4mcQtCV
#JimHenson #TheMuppetShow #FairyTales #ScreenStudies
The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson
Keeping the best place by the fire
By Andrea Wright
A complete and chronological overview of Henson's career from the late 1950s to his death in 1990 bit.ly/4mcQtCV
#JimHenson #TheMuppetShow #FairyTales #ScreenStudies
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Hey @deedeechainey.bsky.social, @willowwinsham.bsky.social & @johnnymains.co.uk - we've made it to Tarrytown NY! We're sat on the shelves of the lovely Transom Books...! #HudsonValley #Booksky #Folklore
September 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hey @deedeechainey.bsky.social, @willowwinsham.bsky.social & @johnnymains.co.uk - we've made it to Tarrytown NY! We're sat on the shelves of the lovely Transom Books...! #HudsonValley #Booksky #Folklore
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'Essential reading for understanding our multi-folkloric present.' @deedeechainey.bsky.social
'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' by @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, coming soon.
#FolkloreThursday
'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' by @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, coming soon.
#FolkloreThursday
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
'Essential reading for understanding our multi-folkloric present.' @deedeechainey.bsky.social
'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' by @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, coming soon.
#FolkloreThursday
'Folklore: A journey through the past and present' by @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, coming soon.
#FolkloreThursday
On Being Heard in the #ImmersiveWeb: A Journey Through Fairy Tale, Embodiment and #Inclusion
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. #XR will, too—when we build tools that amplify all voices.
open.substack.com/pub/deedeech...
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. #XR will, too—when we build tools that amplify all voices.
open.substack.com/pub/deedeech...
On Being Heard in the Immersive Web: A Journey Through Fairy Tale, Embodiment and Inclusion
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. XR will, too - when we build tools that amplify all voices
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
On Being Heard in the #ImmersiveWeb: A Journey Through Fairy Tale, Embodiment and #Inclusion
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. #XR will, too—when we build tools that amplify all voices.
open.substack.com/pub/deedeech...
Fairy tales hold a mirror to social norms. #XR will, too—when we build tools that amplify all voices.
open.substack.com/pub/deedeech...
Reposted by DeeDeeChainey
Is there a university somewhere where Asexual Fairy Tales is on the reading list? Trying to figure out why sales and library loans have shot up recently. (Not that I’m complaining! 😂)
#folklore #asexuality #fairytales
@deedeechainey.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social
#folklore #asexuality #fairytales
@deedeechainey.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Is there a university somewhere where Asexual Fairy Tales is on the reading list? Trying to figure out why sales and library loans have shot up recently. (Not that I’m complaining! 😂)
#folklore #asexuality #fairytales
@deedeechainey.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social
#folklore #asexuality #fairytales
@deedeechainey.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social
The traditional Maltese luzzu is a brightly painted fishing boat with #protective eyes on its bow, believed in local #folklore to ward off danger and bring #luck at #sea.
July 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The traditional Maltese luzzu is a brightly painted fishing boat with #protective eyes on its bow, believed in local #folklore to ward off danger and bring #luck at #sea.
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
July 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
July 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The salt pans near #Marsalforn in #Gozo are centuries-old rock-cut pools where locals still harvest sea salt by hand each summer — a living #folk tradition passed down through generations.
visitgozo.com/places/salt-...
#XwejniBay #QbajjarBay #Malta #SaltPans #Tradition #folklife #FolkloreThursday
visitgozo.com/places/salt-...
#XwejniBay #QbajjarBay #Malta #SaltPans #Tradition #folklife #FolkloreThursday
July 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The salt pans near #Marsalforn in #Gozo are centuries-old rock-cut pools where locals still harvest sea salt by hand each summer — a living #folk tradition passed down through generations.
visitgozo.com/places/salt-...
#XwejniBay #QbajjarBay #Malta #SaltPans #Tradition #folklife #FolkloreThursday
visitgozo.com/places/salt-...
#XwejniBay #QbajjarBay #Malta #SaltPans #Tradition #folklife #FolkloreThursday
Watched a fantastic talk from Marina Warner about gender, fairy tales as a promise between women & the domain of pain; stories as a place that you dwell. She touches on the power of play & imagination as a way of thinking.
Many implications for the uses of VR storytelling.
youtu.be/Zop-QPDlnFw?...
Many implications for the uses of VR storytelling.
youtu.be/Zop-QPDlnFw?...
Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction | Marina Warner | Talks at Google
YouTube video by Talks at Google
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Watched a fantastic talk from Marina Warner about gender, fairy tales as a promise between women & the domain of pain; stories as a place that you dwell. She touches on the power of play & imagination as a way of thinking.
Many implications for the uses of VR storytelling.
youtu.be/Zop-QPDlnFw?...
Many implications for the uses of VR storytelling.
youtu.be/Zop-QPDlnFw?...
It was great to catch up with folks at yesterday's #FolkloreThursdayVRsocial at Dee Dee Chainey's Cultural Futures Hub and hear everyone's holiday, travel and journey lore!
Do follow on Eventbrite for updates about the next event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dee-dee-ch... #FolkloreThursday
Do follow on Eventbrite for updates about the next event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dee-dee-ch... #FolkloreThursday
July 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It was great to catch up with folks at yesterday's #FolkloreThursdayVRsocial at Dee Dee Chainey's Cultural Futures Hub and hear everyone's holiday, travel and journey lore!
Do follow on Eventbrite for updates about the next event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dee-dee-ch... #FolkloreThursday
Do follow on Eventbrite for updates about the next event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dee-dee-ch... #FolkloreThursday
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If you keep losing buttons, it foretells of a sea voyage and settlement abroad.
#FolkloreThursday
'Encyclopedia of superstitions, folklore, and the occult sciences of the world' - Cora Linn Daniels
#FolkloreThursday
'Encyclopedia of superstitions, folklore, and the occult sciences of the world' - Cora Linn Daniels
July 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
If you keep losing buttons, it foretells of a sea voyage and settlement abroad.
#FolkloreThursday
'Encyclopedia of superstitions, folklore, and the occult sciences of the world' - Cora Linn Daniels
#FolkloreThursday
'Encyclopedia of superstitions, folklore, and the occult sciences of the world' - Cora Linn Daniels
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A pig appearing to a traveller is a good sign. Your trip will be even more successful, if you see a sow with a litter.
#FolkloreThursday
'Signs, omens and superstitions' by Astra Cielo
#FolkloreThursday
'Signs, omens and superstitions' by Astra Cielo
July 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A pig appearing to a traveller is a good sign. Your trip will be even more successful, if you see a sow with a litter.
#FolkloreThursday
'Signs, omens and superstitions' by Astra Cielo
#FolkloreThursday
'Signs, omens and superstitions' by Astra Cielo
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Anna Hopkinson’s illustration of Oda the Pilgrim from Legends from Lindisfarne.
A Scottish saint, after she was cured of blindness, she went on pilgrimage to sites throughout Europe with her female companion.
They settled down together in the Frankish lands, where her father tracked her down… 🧵
A Scottish saint, after she was cured of blindness, she went on pilgrimage to sites throughout Europe with her female companion.
They settled down together in the Frankish lands, where her father tracked her down… 🧵
July 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Anna Hopkinson’s illustration of Oda the Pilgrim from Legends from Lindisfarne.
A Scottish saint, after she was cured of blindness, she went on pilgrimage to sites throughout Europe with her female companion.
They settled down together in the Frankish lands, where her father tracked her down… 🧵
A Scottish saint, after she was cured of blindness, she went on pilgrimage to sites throughout Europe with her female companion.
They settled down together in the Frankish lands, where her father tracked her down… 🧵
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She follows Jizo's directions and finds the dumpling, however an Ogre has eaten it. Then she's protected by another Jizo statue against the Ogre, BUT... she laughs at danger and the Ogre finds her 😆
I love this story. We recorded it here: www.jesseguelfi.com/the-laughing...
(password 541)
I love this story. We recorded it here: www.jesseguelfi.com/the-laughing...
(password 541)
The Laughing Dumpling – Professor particular de inglês Jesse Guelfi
www.jesseguelfi.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
She follows Jizo's directions and finds the dumpling, however an Ogre has eaten it. Then she's protected by another Jizo statue against the Ogre, BUT... she laughs at danger and the Ogre finds her 😆
I love this story. We recorded it here: www.jesseguelfi.com/the-laughing...
(password 541)
I love this story. We recorded it here: www.jesseguelfi.com/the-laughing...
(password 541)
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In Texas, the Lady of White Rock Lake flags down drivers near the water’s edge, soaked and shivering. She asks for a ride and then vanishes from the back seat. Her ghost is said to belong to a young woman who drowned decades ago. Her journey never ends. #FolkloreThursday
July 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In Texas, the Lady of White Rock Lake flags down drivers near the water’s edge, soaked and shivering. She asks for a ride and then vanishes from the back seat. Her ghost is said to belong to a young woman who drowned decades ago. Her journey never ends. #FolkloreThursday
Many an errant youth set out, wide-eyed, on his first voyage as a sailor, perhaps enticed by the false promises of treasures and mermaids, or simply a regular wage. It was a harsh life of toil and fraught with danger, so it makes sense that seafaring was rife with superstitions. #FolkloreThursday
July 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Many an errant youth set out, wide-eyed, on his first voyage as a sailor, perhaps enticed by the false promises of treasures and mermaids, or simply a regular wage. It was a harsh life of toil and fraught with danger, so it makes sense that seafaring was rife with superstitions. #FolkloreThursday