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Keiana Mayfield, PhD, MSW
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Asst Prof of Social Work @ Mason | C3 Lab Director | Scholar of Child Development + Families + Schools | Context Matters | Certified Book Nerd 📚🤓 | Mom | Procrastibaker| Views are my own

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Keiana Mayfield, PhD, MSW @ktmayfield.bsky.social · Apr 6
Did you know that this week is #NationalLibraryWeek? We are the product of the stories we tell ourselves & each other. Stories are the foundation of our humanity & access to a broad range of stories fuel our hope, imagination, & innovation.

#FindANewStory

#ALA #booksky #stories #books #libraries
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Hey!

Are you going to SRCD’s Biennial in Minneapolis? Let me know if you’re going, if you’re presenting, and what you’re hoping to get out of this year’s conference!

@srcdorg.bsky.social
@thephdplace.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
#AcademicChatter
#ChildDevelopment
April 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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karnythia.bsky.social
Imagine hating Black people so much you don't want clean milk or healthy kids.
April 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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jbendery.bsky.social
NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
I’m sorry but if anyone believes they sent that letter to Harvard by mistake I have a bridge to sell you and what not. They sent it, hoped for complete capitulation, and when it didn’t work and they got a little egg on their face, the very trumpian internal blame game+public gaslight started
April 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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feloniousmunk.blacksky.app
Nobody from Target can explain why they thought ending DEI programs and cutting ties with Black businesses would have no impact on Black consumers spending money in their stores. They knew we'd stop. They simply underestimated the impact of us cutting them off. That's why it's still "no" for me.
April 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
All great. I’ve read them all. Some more than 3 times. 4 were book club books with my kiddos.
mariekeyn.bsky.social Marieke Nijkamp @mariekeyn.bsky.social · Apr 16
Hey Blueksy, if you're looking for magic books and magic school books that *aren't* horribly exclusionary, let me share some fantastic examples with you. #BookSky 💙📚
A hand holding up a stack of books in front of blurry bookshelves. The books are, from top to bottom: LIKE A CURSE by Elle McNicoll ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN by Tolá Okogwu MIA AND THE LIGHTCASTER by Janelle McCurdy, illustrated by Ana Latese WITCHES OF BROOKLYN by Sophie Escabasse WITCHLINGS by Claribel Ortega THE MARVELLERS by Dhonielle Clayton THE GRIMOIRE OF GRAVE FATES edited by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen
April 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
2025, also know as the year when the administration that decried an unjust “Deep State” actively tried to construct a deeply unjust “Deep State.”

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
I’m glad YOU are here too.

Just in case you needed to hear that.

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
April 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Libraries are the COOLEST.
dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social DC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · Apr 14
🧵 New to embroidery? Start your stitching journey with us!

✨ Adult Beginner Embroidery
📅 Tuesday, April 22 | 🕔 5 PM
📍 Shepherd Park Library

Learn the art of needle and thread—no experience needed!
Register today: bit.ly/43MVnku
A variety of colorful embroidery stitches, including French knots, chain stitches, and leaf patterns, displayed on a light gray fabric.
April 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
It would be great if — now stay with me — businesses didn’t raise prices because of the tariffs… INSTEAD, they should add a separate tariff FEE at the end of receipts so people can see that it’s 👏🏾 a 👏🏾 tax👏🏾!

Also, make it HUGE. A BIG BEAUTIFUL TAX.

#TariffAreTaxes
#FinancialStability
#TariffTantrum
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
The stories we tell ourselves and each other, whether they be old or new, are the foundation of humanity. We are the culmination of generations of storytelling. Pass the brilliance of books and story on someone else by donating to your local library.

#BookSky #StoriesWeTell #Libraries
libro.fm Libro.fm @libro.fm · Apr 7
Donate to your public library, get a free Libro.fm audiobook credit! 📚🥰❤️

This week is #NationalLibraryWeek and just like our beloved indie bookshops, libraries play an essential role in our communities.

But, more than ever, they need our support.

Learn more: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Support your local library! Donate $15 or more to a public library this National Library Week and receive a free Libro.fm audiobook credit. How it works: Just like our beloved indie bookshops, libraries play an essential role in our communities. They need our support to ensure they can keep offering free resources, learning spaces, and much more. This National Library Week, if you donate $15 or more to a public library, you’ll receive a free audiobook credit from Libro.fm. Just submit your proof of donation at blog.libro.fm/libraryweek by April 18, 2025, 5 PM PT, to receive an emailed credit by April 25, 2025
April 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
This bill has been a topic of conversation in my MSW course. We’ve been discussing the potential implications for our aging population in terms of financial burdens to acquiring necessary documentation to potential physical & geographic barriers to registration.

#AllVotesMatter
#AllVotersMatter
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Apr 10
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote.

We're calling on the Senate to reject this legislation.
April 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Ok. I walked away from my desk!

Woooo!

Now, I’m rereading a book about ultra-processed food whilst eating Lemonheads..

Aaahhhhhh…. 🫣😬

I’m doing too much and too little at the same time.

#BookSky
#CognitiveDissonance
#IAmOftenTheProblem
April 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Right now @ 9:37 PM EST: I’m sitting at my desk, working. I really wish I was in bed asleep.

~~SEVERAL HOURS FROM NOW~~

One more chapter won’t hurt… 💔 📚

🔮 I’m not an oracle, but I can absolutely see the future and I’m not a fan.

#NoBehaviorsWereChanged
#SoTired
#NeverTooTiredToRead
#BookSky
April 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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freedomreadproject.bsky.social
A read-in before a school board meeting is more than a protest – it’s a powerful stand for a wide variety of books, student voices, and the freedom to read. Let’s show up and speak out. #ReadInForRights #FreedomToRead #ProtectOurLibraries
A graphic list of how to host a read in including how to plan, announce, prepare, and execute
April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
I know I’m new here, but the bot to human ratio seems WILD.

#BotSky
April 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Ever feel like you're outside THE ROOM where the intellectual thought partners & collaborators of your dreams are just happily thinking & discussing & collaborating, but you're stuck outside. Like, you're at the threshold but never invited in?

Yeah, me too.

#AcademicSky #EduSky #BlackSky #research
April 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social
Let’s be real — a world without libraries would be pretty boring.
No stories, no study spots, no free events, no quiet escapes, no community. Libraries make life better. ♥️
April 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
This article by @drchristyrogers.bsky.social & @derekmorgan.bsky.social really helped me jump back into a sibling paper I've been neglecting🫣: tinyurl.com/37edrphj

Overview papers are esp helpful when trying to learn or get back to a literature.

#ManuscriptMonday #AcademicSky #manythanks
April 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Did you hear this NPR story about how people aspire to be read more books? www.npr.org/2025/04/07/n...

As someone who regularly ignores her family to #readmorebooks, I'm curious about how many books you read each year? Do you have a fav I should add to my list?

#NationalLibraryWeek #ALA #BookSky
Most Americans want to read more books. We just don't.
When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll ...
www.npr.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
I just remembered that I made plans to be social tomorrow. HOW am I going to finish today, work tomorrow, BE SOCIAL tomorrow evening, & finish out the week?

Past me & future me are at odds. Current me is also unhelpful.

#AlreadyTired #AcademicCommunity #AcademicChatter #ItWillBeGreat
April 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Today, I hosted my 2 kid book clubs. It was 2 hours of laughing & gasps & “SETTLE DOWNS.” But it was also a 2 hours to reflect on the literal & figurative power of transformations — big & small. The power of stories told & stories still to come. It was lovely.

#booksky #KidLit #stories #mgbooks
April 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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neillewisjr.bsky.social
I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten.

senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance represents not only athletic competition but also a longstanding tradition of academic collaboration, research excellence, and commitment to democratic values and shared governance; Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance includes 18 universities with thousands of instructors serving over 600,000 students; Whereas, the preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all; Be it resolved that, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; Be it further resolved that, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement; Be it further resolved that, participating institutions shall make available, at the request of the institution under direct political infringement, the services of their legal counsel, governance experts, and public affairs offices to coordinate a unified and vigorous response, including but not limited to: Legal representation and countersuit actions; strategic public communication; amicus briefs and expert testimony; legislative advocacy and coalition-building; related topical research as needed.
April 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Did you know that this week is #NationalLibraryWeek? We are the product of the stories we tell ourselves & each other. Stories are the foundation of our humanity & access to a broad range of stories fuel our hope, imagination, & innovation.

#FindANewStory

#ALA #booksky #stories #books #libraries
April 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ktmayfield.bsky.social
Motivational Speech You Didn't Ask For:

The world is a lot.
Breathe. Remember.
Your value is innate, not dictated by external noise.
You are worthy of good & amazing things.
You are worthy of the time & energy & rest required for personal growth.

You matter.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
April 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM