gianna ! @giannawilliams.bsky.social · 18/02/2026NEW PAPER ALERT! 🎊 So excited to have published our most recent paper: What do you mean by “Hood” Prom? : Joyful Narratives Shown Through The Eyes of Black Teens on TikTok. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 141
Reposted by gianna ! Michael Ann, sociotechnical femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Legit excited for y'all to see these CHI papers - quick preview: 1) Transfem platform migration & loss (+ what we can do) 2) Platforms for a-spec relationship negotiation (instead of trad. dating platforms) 3) Internet aesthetics as a site of BIPOC resistance (+ a look at platform microaggresions) 093
Reposted by gianna ! Alexandra T. @alexandrato.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Our 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/...dl.acm.orgConstructing a Community of Play: Black Sims Players and Game Modding | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer InteractionVideo 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... 0112
gianna ! @giannawilliams.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Excited 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/...dl.acm.orgWhy 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 052