Across the nation, libraries are laying off library workers, closing on weekends or entirely, stopping the ordering of new materials, eliminating summer reading programs ❤️🩹
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Across the nation, libraries are laying off library workers, closing on weekends or entirely, stopping the ordering of new materials, eliminating summer reading programs ❤️🩹
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Marion Davies is an obvious choice, with her ruthless impressions slaying me every time (this is her Lillian Gish)
Marion Davies is an obvious choice, with her ruthless impressions slaying me every time (this is her Lillian Gish)
You should be viewing this as a clear indicator that YOU can and should stand up and push back, too.
We need help, not acclaim.
You should be viewing this as a clear indicator that YOU can and should stand up and push back, too.
We need help, not acclaim.
That time I took Chewbacca to Disney World and on Star Tours.
That time I took Chewbacca to Disney World and on Star Tours.
"What? Am I not allowed to take books off the shelves?"
"No, you are. In fact we encourage it."
"Then what's the problem?"
"The part where you take all of them off the shelves and use them to build a fort."
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
But politics are affecting my ability to exist and create art, so I'm going to keep posting about politics until it gets better.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
Lots more details about the show coming soon, so stay tuned!
www.squadup.com/hosts/740859...
Lots more details about the show coming soon, so stay tuned!
www.squadup.com/hosts/740859...
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THEY are coming for our libraries. Libraries are the foundation of community efforts and one of the last true places you can exist and gather without a fee. Simply USING the library helps and is so EASY AND FUN!
THEY are coming for our libraries. Libraries are the foundation of community efforts and one of the last true places you can exist and gather without a fee. Simply USING the library helps and is so EASY AND FUN!