the.subversive.librarian
@subversivebibli.bsky.social
Former English teacher, former library worker, forever learner.
Not consistent w/social media, but there will be swears, pro-labor, pro-liberation, anti-racist content. Also some cats. she/her #freepalestine so you can block me now.
Not consistent w/social media, but there will be swears, pro-labor, pro-liberation, anti-racist content. Also some cats. she/her #freepalestine so you can block me now.
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We've prepared a zine version of our text "It’s Safer in the Front."
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
"If you feel despair, if you feel defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you.
Give them nothing without a fight."
Give them nothing without a fight."
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$45 million could provide more than 10 million school lunches, enough to feed 56,000 hungry kids – whose only warm meal each day could be at school – for an entire year.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
$45 million could provide more than 10 million school lunches, enough to feed 56,000 hungry kids – whose only warm meal each day could be at school – for an entire year.
This week is #nationallibraryweek and today is #nlwd2025. Pop in to your local library to say hello to the staff, bring them treats if you can, but a simple “thank you” will make anyone’s day.
April 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This week is #nationallibraryweek and today is #nlwd2025. Pop in to your local library to say hello to the staff, bring them treats if you can, but a simple “thank you” will make anyone’s day.
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Trump's Education Department gave states/schools 10 days to certify they were banning DEI on Thursday or risk losing Title I funding. New York State (and Chicago) have said no.
Here's a script you can use to encourage your state/local education leaders/politicians to do the same.
Here's a script you can use to encourage your state/local education leaders/politicians to do the same.
April 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump's Education Department gave states/schools 10 days to certify they were banning DEI on Thursday or risk losing Title I funding. New York State (and Chicago) have said no.
Here's a script you can use to encourage your state/local education leaders/politicians to do the same.
Here's a script you can use to encourage your state/local education leaders/politicians to do the same.
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Let me take this one step further. As a social contract, the law applies between persons. When a society revokes your personhood, or uses the law to do so, not only is that law immoral, but you have a moral obligation not to follow the commands of that law.
Fun Fact: Law is a social contract. If a given party in said contract willfully and openly breaks it, you are under no moral obligation to keep to your end of it. Their choice was to nullify it. How much you choose to follow anyway is up to you.
March 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Let me take this one step further. As a social contract, the law applies between persons. When a society revokes your personhood, or uses the law to do so, not only is that law immoral, but you have a moral obligation not to follow the commands of that law.
19 pages in of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. Every paragraph is a poem. “In truth, I lean away from the faraway side of my daughter’s lineage on her behalf because for more than forty years I’ve seen what carrying that weight means.” (1)
February 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
19 pages in of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. Every paragraph is a poem. “In truth, I lean away from the faraway side of my daughter’s lineage on her behalf because for more than forty years I’ve seen what carrying that weight means.” (1)
Just when I think I have my shit together, the #lexaprowithdrawal reminds me that I have forgotten to take my meds for the last three days. Oops. #iykyk
February 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just when I think I have my shit together, the #lexaprowithdrawal reminds me that I have forgotten to take my meds for the last three days. Oops. #iykyk
Finished reading The Devil in Silver by @victorlavalle.bsky.social last night. Tbh, it took me 93% of the book for the genius narrative style to click (that's on me), but once it did? Damn!
LeClair the Rat got me there. (1/2)
LeClair the Rat got me there. (1/2)
February 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Finished reading The Devil in Silver by @victorlavalle.bsky.social last night. Tbh, it took me 93% of the book for the genius narrative style to click (that's on me), but once it did? Damn!
LeClair the Rat got me there. (1/2)
LeClair the Rat got me there. (1/2)
#tbt
One of the best #valentinesday cards/gifts from students because of the inspo after we read Between Shades of Gray by @rutasepetys.bsky.social
The punniness was *chef's kiss*. AND some kids went to meet the author for her Salt to the Sea book release & got me a signed copy? Top tier moment.
One of the best #valentinesday cards/gifts from students because of the inspo after we read Between Shades of Gray by @rutasepetys.bsky.social
The punniness was *chef's kiss*. AND some kids went to meet the author for her Salt to the Sea book release & got me a signed copy? Top tier moment.
February 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#tbt
One of the best #valentinesday cards/gifts from students because of the inspo after we read Between Shades of Gray by @rutasepetys.bsky.social
The punniness was *chef's kiss*. AND some kids went to meet the author for her Salt to the Sea book release & got me a signed copy? Top tier moment.
One of the best #valentinesday cards/gifts from students because of the inspo after we read Between Shades of Gray by @rutasepetys.bsky.social
The punniness was *chef's kiss*. AND some kids went to meet the author for her Salt to the Sea book release & got me a signed copy? Top tier moment.
This article beautifully captures Kendrick Lamar's performance and what it means for black folks and the rest of us. Want to be clear that the meaning isn't the same for everyone, so if you're not seeing it, then that's on you.
I wrote about the biggest rap performance of all time, Kendrick’s positioning of anti-Drake-ness as part of a larger pro-Blackness and justice for Serena Williams
andscape.com/features/gen...
andscape.com/features/gen...
The subversive genius of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance
The Compton MC might have just given us the biggest rap performance ever
andscape.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This article beautifully captures Kendrick Lamar's performance and what it means for black folks and the rest of us. Want to be clear that the meaning isn't the same for everyone, so if you're not seeing it, then that's on you.
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Reminder Congress can stop this any time they want.
February 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Reminder Congress can stop this any time they want.
#otd 2 yrs ago Lucky Boi literally walked into my life. He meandered into the backyard and jumped into my lap when I bent down to give him some snacks. We hung out together all day. He came back the next day and then the next. On that 3rd day I knew he had adopted me. Who's the lucky one?
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#otd 2 yrs ago Lucky Boi literally walked into my life. He meandered into the backyard and jumped into my lap when I bent down to give him some snacks. We hung out together all day. He came back the next day and then the next. On that 3rd day I knew he had adopted me. Who's the lucky one?
"If you feel despair, if you feel defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you.
Give them nothing without a fight."
Give them nothing without a fight."
We've prepared a zine version of our text "It’s Safer in the Front."
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
February 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"If you feel despair, if you feel defeated, if you catch yourself dissociating or focusing on what our oppressors are doing rather than on what you can do yourself—that is territory that the enemy has claimed within you.
Give them nothing without a fight."
Give them nothing without a fight."
Books I read: January 2025
1. We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim
5 stars.
"Claiming that a human woman was a dakini...was not a casual offense. It implied there was something wrong with her-even if she was merely widowed, single, or too smart for her own good."
1st in series. Can't wait for the next!
1. We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim
5 stars.
"Claiming that a human woman was a dakini...was not a casual offense. It implied there was something wrong with her-even if she was merely widowed, single, or too smart for her own good."
1st in series. Can't wait for the next!
January 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Books I read: January 2025
1. We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim
5 stars.
"Claiming that a human woman was a dakini...was not a casual offense. It implied there was something wrong with her-even if she was merely widowed, single, or too smart for her own good."
1st in series. Can't wait for the next!
1. We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim
5 stars.
"Claiming that a human woman was a dakini...was not a casual offense. It implied there was something wrong with her-even if she was merely widowed, single, or too smart for her own good."
1st in series. Can't wait for the next!
Don't forget #palestine
Layla Khateeb was two years old. She was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier in #Jenin (West Bank) yesterday while she was having dinner with her family in their home.
@yarahawari
@yarahawari
January 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Don't forget #palestine
January 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
January 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart
Support who supports you ✨✊
I submitted my #resignation on Friday, basically stating that I would rather withdraw my talent and skill from a compassion-less organization than transfer to another branch. I got transferred to another branch to finish out my two weeks. 😅
January 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I submitted my #resignation on Friday, basically stating that I would rather withdraw my talent and skill from a compassion-less organization than transfer to another branch. I got transferred to another branch to finish out my two weeks. 😅
Holy fucking shit we knew this was coming.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Presidential Actions – The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Holy fucking shit we knew this was coming.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Congratulations, Democrats.
The TikTok ban was initiated by Trump, passed through the House and Senate along bipartisan lines, yet because President Biden signed the bill into law, Democrats allowed Trump to be the hero on this, politically.
Absolute malpractice by leadership.
The TikTok ban was initiated by Trump, passed through the House and Senate along bipartisan lines, yet because President Biden signed the bill into law, Democrats allowed Trump to be the hero on this, politically.
Absolute malpractice by leadership.
January 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Congratulations, Democrats.
The TikTok ban was initiated by Trump, passed through the House and Senate along bipartisan lines, yet because President Biden signed the bill into law, Democrats allowed Trump to be the hero on this, politically.
Absolute malpractice by leadership.
The TikTok ban was initiated by Trump, passed through the House and Senate along bipartisan lines, yet because President Biden signed the bill into law, Democrats allowed Trump to be the hero on this, politically.
Absolute malpractice by leadership.