gianna !
@giannawilliams.bsky.social
london fog enthusiasts among other things / computer science PhD candidate at northeastern university doing algo resistance work and digital humanities. basically, I like talking about Black people on the internet. my life matters. she/hers
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Our paper, "Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding," is up now on the ACM DL and won an Honourable Mention Paper Award at #CHIPLAY2025!!
This paper was a huge labor of love and a bittersweet sendoff to the Sims.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This paper was a huge labor of love and a bittersweet sendoff to the Sims.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Video games are celebrated for providing unique interactive experiences that allow
players to construct their own narratives through play. However, Black gamers have
been repeatedly denied representat...
dl.acm.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Our paper, "Constructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding," is up now on the ACM DL and won an Honourable Mention Paper Award at #CHIPLAY2025!!
This paper was a huge labor of love and a bittersweet sendoff to the Sims.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
This paper was a huge labor of love and a bittersweet sendoff to the Sims.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Excited to be presenting our latest work "Why Can’t Black Women Just Be? : Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monolith” at
@TheOfficialACM's #CHI2025 Conference in Yokohama, Japan on April 29th
#HonorableMention
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@TheOfficialACM's #CHI2025 Conference in Yokohama, Japan on April 29th
#HonorableMention
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Why Can't Black Women Just Be?: Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monoliths | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dl.acm.org
April 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Excited to be presenting our latest work "Why Can’t Black Women Just Be? : Black Femme Content Creators Navigating Algorithmic Monolith” at
@TheOfficialACM's #CHI2025 Conference in Yokohama, Japan on April 29th
#HonorableMention
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
@TheOfficialACM's #CHI2025 Conference in Yokohama, Japan on April 29th
#HonorableMention
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
