Romping with joy in the bookish dark

Caitlin Pollock: Archivist, librarian, aspiring digital humanist. Lover of shoes and Library Congress Subject Headings. Enjoys organizing and cataloging her shoes according to Library of Congress Classification.

[the-philematologist-deactivated]

Tony Awards 2016 gonna be like “HAMILTON WON THE OTHER 51!”

[a-formalized-curiosity]

I really wish the library would let me conduct a a chat reference interview in all gifs. It would be epic.

[librarianwardrobe]

[k-i-l-l-a-p-a-m]

I'm sorry you're so jealous of white people you have to make an ass out of yourself. It's not your fault you're a subhuman, I understand :)

Hahahahaha jealous of white people? 

You call me subhuman but you mutated from me. Do you understand that? Your translucent skin is not natural to this planet. It is a genetic mutation from Black skin. You are my motherfucking son.

I’m still stuck on what I’m jealous about? You burn in the Sun, you have absolutely no taste buds or rhythm. You rape your children and have incestious relations with your parents. Where are your penises and why are your women built like door frames? Why would I want any of that???? Y’all get lice like please your people are the scum of this Earth. All y’all are nasty. 

You came over and wiped out an entire race of people with your diseases alone. Historically speaking white people have always been trash. The Black Plague. Back in the pre industrial days y’all would just throw buckets of your shit and piss in the streets. Y’all are truly an atrocity on this planet. 

My people and I came first. When we first came into contact with your savage ancestors we taught them how to bathe themselves. How does it feel to know that Egyptians and the Moors seeded civilization in Europe?

Everything that you enjoy today was created by Black people. Metallurgy, agriculture, healthcare, hygiene. Architecture. We circumnavigated the world before Asia and Europe. Just know on hot summer days that a Black man invented the air conditioner. When your sink is full, don’t forget a Black woman invented the dishwasher. 

You need to know that while your people were fucking each other in caves mine were basking in the radiance of the Sun atop our megalithic structures that modern white man today couldn’t come close to recreating in their wildest wet dreams.

Your people ain’t shit and they’ve never been anything but vessels of disease and despair.

[sky-teen]

yasssssss drag they asses 🙌🏾✊🏾👏🏾

[ultraviolenceisparadise]

drag that should go down in history books

[elongatedbeauty]

drag that ass back to hell

[nexus123]

Slay motherfucking slay

[chvnnelcee]

Damn I felt that in my spirit.

[isharedfoundlove]

I got chills bruh

[silentmums-blog]

😂😂😂 the funny thing is these are nothing but facts, nothing subjective at all.

[locdup22]

FATALITY!!!

[supreme-thot]

Can i get an amen 🙏🏾 yes god

[incorrectshakespeare]

I came out to have a good time, and I’m honestly feeling so attacked right now.

Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I (via incorrectshakespeare)

[librarianwardrobe]

Leggings, lined with or without pockets. Our rule is there must be a top of some sort that comes to mid thigh. Basically we don't want to see your cellulite. Staff seem unable to know what slacks or trousers are. Trying to keep business professional dress. Any clues to share.

Hi, and welcome to Ask a Librarian Wardrobe Admin. Thanks for your question that doesn’t seem to be an actual question.

Here’s the deal: If you’re the supervisor and this is the written policy, then have at it. If it’s explicitly stated in the employee handbook, then it is your rule to enforce, though hopefully you’ll do it with a little more grace and tact than you’ve shown here. 

If you’re not the supervisor, then keep it to yourself. If this is not the clearly stated rule, you’re going to have to “suffer” in silence. Your comments about cellulite are creepy, gendered, and inappropriate. I hope you haven’t made such comments to your staff. If you have, I hope they’ve had the foresight to contact HR or the union, should you have one. 

Now, if you don’t mind, my cellulite and I are off to crush the patriarchy. 

[jennafreedman]

People over paper in Barnard's libraries

Barnard’s libraries are made great by the people who staff them, and the resources and services they provide.

I’m cross-posting this like crazy; it feels necessary.

[librarianwardrobe]

The official fall wardrobe for an archivist at the Queer Archive at the University Library, University of Bergen, Norway. 

(Outfit is complete with a matching orange Herschel backpack with a “Books are sexy” button on it).

[a-formalized-curiosity]

My DH Platypus partner-in-crime.

[the-mechanicals]

Someone explain to me why I never see Vassar photosets on my dash.

[a-formalized-curiosity]

A big bed with a lot of throw pillows, The Bell Jar, and #Medea I'm all about this life. #catsofinstagram #thelibrarianandthecat #adventuresofcaitlinandmedea

[lismicroaggressions]

I wrote an essay for a leadership program on my passion for recruiting diversity into the profession. When my boss read the essay, she said “this is fine, but what happens when they see a white girl walk into the room” (Referring to me, a mixed-race person who identifies as a POC and who seems to be whatever race the other person looking at me is)

[a-formalized-curiosity]

I relate to this so much.

[johnxlibris-deactivated20171029]

To Joe Murphy:

I do not support your lawsuit against Lisa Rabey and nina de jesus. As a librarian and educator, I value open dialogue and believe the proper response to accusations of harassment is understanding and engagement. Instead, you have chosen to use legal action to silence future...

[a-formalized-curiosity]

Co-signed, Caitlin Pollock

[exgynocraticgrrl-archive-deacti]

Malcolm X on "Progress"

[a-formalized-curiosity]

#saturdays are #Medea smoothies, and Ken Burns's The Roosevelts. #catsofinstagram #thelibrarianandthecat #adventuresofcaitlinandmedea

[a-formalized-curiosity]

#medea chilling out in my reading nook. #catsofinstagram #thelibrarianandthecat #adventuresofcaitlinandmedea

[yousaytheydontcare-blog]

[cunyfirst]

scandalous

[the-gingerdancer]

 i will reblog this as many times as it takes me to stop finding this funny

[a-formalized-curiosity]

OY! Silly #Medea #catsofinstagram #thelibrarianandthecat #adventuresofcaitlinandmedea