THE REAL PRODUCTIVITY: CREATIVE REFUSAL AND CULTISH TENDENCIES IN ONLINE PRINT COMMUNITIES

Fall 2022

Chapter in New Directions in Print Culture Studies, from Bloomsbury, eds. Jesse Schwarz and Daniel Worden

​Straddling the line between private diary and public ploy for online self-branding, between mindfulness and hustle, Bullet Journals don’t carry a specific politics. But BuJo do provoke questions, ultimately, about what journalers believe they are working toward. Print journaling communities online can, sometimes, open out onto wider horizons about what it means to live a productive life.

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