{"552561":{"#nid":"552561","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Who Needs Convertible Slippers?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication wrote \u201cWho Needs Convertible Slippers?\u201d for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u201cHang on, I just have to put my soles on,\u201d I call after the kids, who are racing out the door for a trip to the market. The soles in question are two dove-gray, rubber flaps that snap to the bottoms of my slippers, which I have just imported from London. A slipper-transformer that will transition me from scruffy writer-dad to euro-sleek snacks prospector in mere moments. I am excited. I am embracing design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EI have been for two weeks or more, in fact, ever since I ordered the $89 Mahabis convertible slipper, footgear that I had seen advertised so extensively online, I finally had to click. Its webpage features a young, beautiful blonde couple. Him: sporting a man-bun, his beard both wispy and full all at once. Her: mostly Cupid\u2019s bow, likely to be \u201cpicking at her eggs\u201d in a magazine profile. Both don their woolen Mahabis. Typeset in front of them: \u201creinventing the slipper.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/07\/who-needs-convertible-slippers\/490520\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-07-13 10:32:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:16","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JS Coon Building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/07\/who-needs-convertible-slippers\/490520\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"},{"id":"113331","name":"literature media and communication"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}