Hibby Thach

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Hibby Thach

If you're looking for someone to hire for a research position this summer, look no further than @hibbythach.com! This PhD student has it all: methods, ideas, motivation, community-based approach ++

keywords: live streaming, content moderation, games, trans tech, online identity

www.hibbythach.com

This year is going so much better for me so far interpersonally, but it's still a struggle!

Healing is non-linear and I hope this can be a reminder to others as well that it's okay to not feel okay, especially right now

Letting y'all know, if you see me in public, please be patient with me

A girlie who went through a traumatic year on top of everything else going on in the world is just trying to get by and she might be low energy or anxious lol

🤡Meet Hibby Thach! 🐰 (Playful Horizons Featured Speaker Series) YouTube video by UAlbertaArts

I gave this talk for UAlberta’s Playful Horizons series last year, which was just released earlier this month! In it, I talk about my research on content moderation, live-streaming, and about my PNGTuber, Hoppy. : )

Thanks to @persephone.blue for inviting me!

youtu.be/eAr3LpD6irw?...

Dating While Trans ft. Julia Serano | When Attraction Meets Stigma YouTube video by Taboo Science

Watch me talk about dating while trans (AND BE ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION AWAY FROM JULIA SERANO?!?!?!) on @tabooscience.bsky.social's new episode about transness and dating. : )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mb4...

Patchworking Networks of Support: On the Digital Successes and Challenges of Women- and Minority-Owned Restaurant Businesses (with @cmoy11.bsky.social, Matt Bui, and Julie Hui) [Third Author]

The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts (with Senami Kojah, @haimson.bsky.social, and @michaelannephd.bsky.social) [Second Author]

Navigating Safety and Technology: The Everyday Safety Labor of Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the United States (with Denny Starks, Aloe DeGuia, @haimson.bsky.social, and Tawanna Dillahunt) [Second Author]

Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (with Denny Starks, Aloe DeGuia, @haimson.bsky.social, and Tawanna Dillahunt) [Second Author]

Also!

I’m on four conditionally accepted papers to CHI 2026 in Barcelona. : )

They are as follows:

I have a book chapter on Trans Games that’s out in a new book called Epistemic Genres: New Formations of Play!

Co-authored with @haimson.bsky.social, we talk about what makes a trans game based on our interviews with trans game devs

www.bloomsbury.com/us/epistemic...

I forgot to post multiple updates here oops so here we go:

See all the Trans 101 episodes here www.tabooscience.show, featuring cameos from @hibbythach.com and lots of other experts!

Forgot to update y’all here that I’m a magenta and purple hair girlie now c:

“There are moderates among the Titans, too.” Lanamon, a girly aquatic Digimon says to my character in the new Digimon game

Centrists in my creature catcher? It’s more likely than you may think

Playing Outside the Mainstream - McFarland Playing Outside the Mainstream Essays on Indie Tabletop Roleplaying Games Edited by Stephanie Hedge Series Editor Matthew Wilhelm Kapell 978-1-4766-9424-5 978-1-4766-5811-7

If you are interested in ideas of “indie” in #TTRPG then you will want to preorder this book (or ask your nearest library to do so)

My piece on ideas of “indie” in Actual Play appears alongside a truly stellar set of contributions.

So honored to have a ttrpg pub coming out with these lovely scholars/people : )

Never agree to be on 5 CHI papers (with 4 of them having revisions to deal with)

Thank you for these kind words noé, seriously, I appreciate it so much 🫂💖

I am still here — Hibby Thach This couldn’t go on forever. Either I would stop myself, or my body would.

I am still here.

CW: mentions of SA

www.hibbythach.com/blog/i-am-st...

Love beefing with families at the airport family restrooms

I need Ayesha Hasan merch

I wanna talk about the final boss of Legends ZA’s name but I feel like pop culture hasn’t caught up to the end of the game yet 💀

Did I hyperfixate on ZA for a week and finish it just now? Yeah

I fear that above all else, ZA’s fashion / aesthetic options do eat

Takes a short break from the PhD for my mental health

Ends up getting traumatized while on said short break

Great!

'The Static Finally Cleared' - What Medical Transition Really Feels Like YouTube video by Taboo Science

Another Taboo Science episode, another moment or two where your fav tgirlie is featured! This time we’re talking about hormones and medical transition. : )

youtu.be/ybFaV2Iuq4g?...

A Hibby selfie in my living room. I am wearing black Kuromi headphones and a black sweater with text and a deer on it. My hair is sunset colors (from left to right: magenta, pink, peach).

A friend and I showing our nails (mine real and hers press-ons) to the camera. Mine are a red catseye polish, and hers are very similar but less shimmery. We have finished dinner plates in front of us. She has black hair in a braided ponytail while wearing a berry colored jacket. I am wearing a black sweater with text and a deer on it. My hair is sunset colors (from left to right: pink, peach, magenta). My friend is posing while I am smiling wide.

Obsessed with my new sunset colors hair

It’s finally Fall weather thank god, I can stop sweating 😭