Jennifer Slagus, MLIS
@sugals.bsky.social
Neurodivergent librarian & PhD Candidate researching neurodivergent representation in middle grade literature 🌿📚
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I don’t have a lot of capacity to deal with this but I just found out the sixth edition of the Disability Studies Reader is out. Four years ago a bunch of disability studies scholars, activists & artists protested our inclusion in this textbook.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Disability Studies Scholars Are Protesting a Prominent Textbook
A group of authors see problems not just with this edition of the reader, but with previous editions as well.
www.chronicle.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don’t have a lot of capacity to deal with this but I just found out the sixth edition of the Disability Studies Reader is out. Four years ago a bunch of disability studies scholars, activists & artists protested our inclusion in this textbook.
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
I think I just preemptively failed my upcoming dissertation defense by googling “what is a paradox?”
April 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I think I just preemptively failed my upcoming dissertation defense by googling “what is a paradox?”
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It's notable that rfk describes autistic children as a destroyed "resource" when he complains about autism stopping people from working. Here you see how eugenic ideology functions as a bridge between capital and fascism.
April 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's notable that rfk describes autistic children as a destroyed "resource" when he complains about autism stopping people from working. Here you see how eugenic ideology functions as a bridge between capital and fascism.
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What Happens to Libraries if IMLS Goes Away?
What Happens to Libraries if IMLS Goes Away?
On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS…
www.libraryjournal.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What Happens to Libraries if IMLS Goes Away?
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March 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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“This trope is played out! It’s been done so many times—“
NOT IN BLACK!
NOT IN DISABLED!
NOT IN NEURODIVERGENT!
NOT IN QUEER!
NOT IN TRANS!
You better write that damn book!
NOT IN BLACK!
NOT IN DISABLED!
NOT IN NEURODIVERGENT!
NOT IN QUEER!
NOT IN TRANS!
You better write that damn book!
a black and white photo of a woman 's face with a necklace .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman 's face with a necklace .
media.tenor.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“This trope is played out! It’s been done so many times—“
NOT IN BLACK!
NOT IN DISABLED!
NOT IN NEURODIVERGENT!
NOT IN QUEER!
NOT IN TRANS!
You better write that damn book!
NOT IN BLACK!
NOT IN DISABLED!
NOT IN NEURODIVERGENT!
NOT IN QUEER!
NOT IN TRANS!
You better write that damn book!
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Still one of my favorite responses to Slow Down (by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social )
Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth by Kohei Saito.
Sloth Communism
Sloth III by Lorena Santos I enjoyed reading Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth by Marxist philosopher Kohei Saito. His work has already been a surprise hit in Japan, being widely…
criticalneurodiversity.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Still one of my favorite responses to Slow Down (by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social )
A couple months ago I found my first grey hair and I loved it. It was so cute! But it disappeared and I was sad. On my way home I just found like 6 more in its place. End-of-dissertation stress for the win? lmaoo
February 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A couple months ago I found my first grey hair and I loved it. It was so cute! But it disappeared and I was sad. On my way home I just found like 6 more in its place. End-of-dissertation stress for the win? lmaoo
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Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
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SO MANY LAYERS.
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
a man wearing a black jacket and a white hat with the letter e on it
Alt: a man wearing a black jacket and a white hat with the letter e on it
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
SO MANY LAYERS.
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
Calling out the hypocrisy of the current political moment.
Elevating Black culture, especially BLACK LA.
Squid game references.
UNCLE SAM (JACKSON)
Serena crip walking
BLACK GRAND NATIONAL
40 acres and mule
KENDRICK BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACK HAPPENING DURING #BLACKHISTORYMONTH
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Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.
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ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
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Not @chuckwendig.bsky.social channeling all my feelings about this monster book I’m writing
January 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Not @chuckwendig.bsky.social channeling all my feelings about this monster book I’m writing
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I liked TikTok because I got to be who I really am in my heart: a creepy little lurker who watches everything and says little.
January 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I liked TikTok because I got to be who I really am in my heart: a creepy little lurker who watches everything and says little.
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not enough paper in the world
January 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
not enough paper in the world
Dissertating {about neurodivergent representation in children’s literature} means too many tabs and googling the definitions of common words.
November 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Dissertating {about neurodivergent representation in children’s literature} means too many tabs and googling the definitions of common words.