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izzy's playlists!
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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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DEAR READER
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Three Goblin Art
YOU ARE THE REASON
Product Placement
TVSTRANGERTHINGS
occasionally subtle
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@dearanxiety
As I walked through the streets of Berkeley tonight listening to the overwhelmingly white crowd chant things like “Whose streets? Our streets!” and “This is what democracy looks like!” I felt uncomfortable. I passed white people holding signs that said “I can’t breathe” and I felt uncomfortable....
on #teamharpy
Women will not be silenced or, in this case, women will not be sued/terrified into silence. The Radical Librarians Collective has outlined nicely just what bothered me the most about the absolutely bonkers lawsuit one librarian (He Who Must Not Be Named will get no link or name drop here) has filed against his colleagues.
The link above will catch you up to speed, otherwise click here.
Yes yes yes.
I'm wondering if I can possibly seek your advice/assurance. My dream is to become a librarian. That has been my professional goal for years. I'm a high school student who is currently really struggling in certain Math/Science courses (B's and C's) but still really excelling in English and History related courses. Is that enough to be accepted into a LIS program eventually or do I need to be more excellent across the board? Thank you ever so much. Signed, anxious aspiring librarian.
You should be fine - don't stress it, love! As long as you get a Bachelor's Degree in something that you can do well in, you will be fine. Other than getting you into college, your high school scores really stop mattering as soon as you graduate. Focus on English, History, or something else you enjoy in college and you'll be great!<3
This is one of my favorite blogs I've ever blogged on our library's site. A youngster returned Roald Dahl's Matilda just FULL of post-it notes with her thoughts about what is going on in the story. They are adorable and hilarious. Check it! it took me forever to scan them all, so appreciate!
September 29 in Oakland: Nerd Nite East Bay featuring Oakland Public Library’s Sharon McKeller:
Picture books aren’t always as simple as they appear. With equal importance of storytelling and visuals, the picture book should be taken seriously as a tool and an art form. Come see a brief history of this medium and also learn about the prestigious Caldecott Medal. How does a group of librarians decide the most distinguished picture book each year?
Sharon McKellar has been a librarian with the Oakland Public Library since 2003, serving as a children’s librarian, a branch manager, and currently as the Community Relations Librarian. She is a reader, a writer, an excited member of the 2015 Caldecott Selection Committee, and a giant nerd.
All this, plus parasites and snakebite cures.
That's me! Eeeeeeks!
There is so much about this book cover that weirds me out.
LAWSUIT UPDATE!
The meritless lawsuit brought against us by Microcosm Publishing is going to trial next month and we need your help!
The trial is happening in Portland and we are desperately trying to get funds together to get our family and our lawyer out to Oregon so we can defend ourselves in court. (To give you an indication of how dire our situation is, we received a “final notice” from the IRS today warning us that they are going to levy our assets because we haven’t been able to pay our quarterly taxes.)
As we’ve said before, we aren’t looking for donations, but if we’ve got a book or zine you’ve been eyeing, we could really use your support right now. To sweeten the deal for you, we’re doing CONTEST MANIA for the rest of the month.
Everyone who orders from Pioneers Press this month will get entered into a drawing to win one of four $40 Pioneers Press shopping sprees! We’ll announce one winner every Sunday afternoon.
AND if you reblog this here plea, we’ll enter you into a contest to win our new titles including Big Diamond, Simple Steps to a Life Less Shitty, and the Good Luck Not Dying book!
We’re kind of freaking out right now about getting through the next two months (both financially and emotionally). We didn’t start this fight, but we’re damn sure gonna see it through to the end. Any help, hugs, signal boosts, etc would be much appreciated. We definitely can’t do this alone.
Huge thanks for your ongoing support!
xoxo, Jessie Duke and Pioneers Press
Signal boost. Let’s help get these guys to Portland!
Buying zines AND helping a family in need. DONE!
You don’t necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don’t have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about. They might endure situations you can never know anything about. You could, however, use that privilege for the greater good—to try to level the playing field for everyone, to work for social justice, to bring attention to how those without certain privileges are disenfranchised. We’re seen what the hoarding of privilege has done, and the results are shameful.
Roxane Gay, “Peculiar Benefits” from Bad Feminist (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
Yay! Jenn Ghetto is back! I love everything she touches.
The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians — because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.
Dare to Disturb the Universe: Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Censorship, Writing, and the Duty of Children’s Books | Brain Pickings (via thingspeopleasklibrarians)
I feel so useless sitting here. What can I do to help Ferguson??
there’s a bail and legal fund that’s been set up for those who’ve been arrested
this person is trying to organize a food drive for school kids in ferguson.
national moment of silence 2014 (for victims of police brutality)
share the following:
videos of what has happened
links to articles
how to make a tear gas mask
livestream link to the peaceful protests
Ferguson Police DepartmentEmail (taken off the site)
222 S. Florissant RoadFerguson, MO 63135
Ph: 314-522-3100Fx: 314-524-5290
***SIGNAL BOOST!!!!WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE***
Can't stop thinking about the movie Boyhood. And this song.
Join EveryLibrary and the global Mozilla community and our partners to host a series of Internet Freedom “teach-ins” around the world. Beginning Aug 4th, we’re offering free training to help empower local organizers, activists and people like you. Together we’ll share best practices for explaining what Net Neutrality is, why it matters to your local community, and how we can protect it together. Then we’ll help local organizers like you host local events and teach-ins around the world, sharing tools and increasing our impact together.
What Are we Fighting For? In case you haven’t heard, the open Internet’s founding principle is under attack. Policymakers in the U.S. are considering rules that would erase “Net Neutrality,” the principle that all data on the Internet should be treated equally. If these rule changes go through, many fear it will create a “two-tier” Internet, where monopolies are able to charge huge fees for special “fast lanes” while everyone else gets the slow lane. This would threaten the very openness, level playing field and innovation that make the web great — not only in the U.S., but around the world.
Using the open web to save the open web This is a crucial moment that will affect the open web’s future. But not enough people know about it or understand what’s at stake. Net Neutrality’s opponents are banking on the fact that Net Neutrality is so “geeky,” complex, and hard to explain that people just won’t care. That’s why Mozilla and EveryLibrary is inviting you to join us and other Internet Freedom organizations to educate, empower, organize and win. Local “teach-ins” around the world… In addition to increasing awareness of the importance of Net Neutrality, the teach-ins will also allow participants to have an impact by taking immediate action. Imagine hundreds of videos in support of #TeamInternet and Net Neutrality, thousands of letters to the editor, and thousands of new signatures on Mozilla’s petition.
EveryLibrary and EveryLibrary California will be joining partners besides Mozilla like reddit, Free Press, OpenMedia, IMLS / ALA, Media Alliance, and Engine Advocacy in order to educate the public about Net Neutrality and what it means.
Get involved 1) Host an event. Ready to get started? Host a local meet-up or teach-in on Net Neutrality in your community. Mozilla’s Maker Party event guides and platform make it easy. They even have a special guide for a 1 hour Net Neutrality Maker Party.
2) Get free training and help. Need a little help? You’ll learn everything you need to know. From free resources and best practices for talking about Net Neutrality to nuts and bolts logistics and organizing. The free and open online training begins Monday, Aug 4th. All are welcome, no experience necessary.You’ll leave the training armed with everything you need to host your own local teach-in. Or just better explain the issue to friends and family.
3) Use our new Net Neutrality toolkit. Our new Net Neutrality teaching kit makes it easy for educators and activists to explain the issue and empower others. We’re gathering lots more resources here.
4) Spread the word. Here are some example tweets you can use:
I’m on #TeamInternet! That’s why I’m joining the library teach-in on Net Neutrality.http://wp.me/p44bvU-3f #teachtheweb
Join library teach-in on Net Neutrality. Let’s educate, empower, organize and win. #TeamInternet http://wp.me/p44bvU-3f #teachtheweb
The internet is under attack. Join our library teach-in to preserve Net Neutrality. #TeamInternet http://wp.me/p44bvU-3f #teachtheweb
Yes. We're definitely going to do a teach in at OPL.
"If my heart's been soaking wet, boy, your boots can leave a mess."
Saw Tori live the other night and remembered that she sort of makes me feel feels. But only her first three albums that were full of feels for me when they came out and I was young and falling in and out of love all the time.
I also talked about that whole "Found in a Library Book" thing on the radio, if you like to listen more than you like to read. I don't sound TOO embarassing, I don't think.
For decades librarians at Oakland’s main library have collected the scraps of paper ephemera left behind in returned books, shoved into nooks in the library shelves or secretly slipped to librarians.
The collection ranges from half-done to-do lists to childish notes about…
Oh hey! Yeah, that's me! Full article: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-librarian-collects-ephemera-left-behind-5097100.php#photo-5652782
Chicken! (Not ours).
Look! It's my chicken! (Not my child).
