That Woke Librarian
@whreads.bsky.social
Public librarian and Intellectual Freedom advocate. I provide unhinged library hottakes and general commentary about the current hellscape we live in.
Nothing says being American like stripping healthcare from millions of people and adding trillions of dollars to the national debt just to give fucking billionaires a tax break.
July 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Nothing says being American like stripping healthcare from millions of people and adding trillions of dollars to the national debt just to give fucking billionaires a tax break.
Hey, it's me again. Your friendly neighborhood librarian. I'm back on my shit, yelling about the TX Lege or something. Thanks @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com for once again allowing me to word vomit all over the place.
we’re back with @whreads.bsky.social for an update episode plus some ACTUAL DETAIL about how library collection acquisition actually works, a thing we tend to skate riiiiiiight past when talking about book bans etc
www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswe...
www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswe...
June 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hey, it's me again. Your friendly neighborhood librarian. I'm back on my shit, yelling about the TX Lege or something. Thanks @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social and @liberalcurrents.com for once again allowing me to word vomit all over the place.
Due to a significant logistical error by idiot man baby Dan Patrick, HB 3225 is officially dead, for now, at least. A win is still a win, but we still need to keep the pressure up on our reps to ensure that a bill like this never comes back on the docket.
May 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Due to a significant logistical error by idiot man baby Dan Patrick, HB 3225 is officially dead, for now, at least. A win is still a win, but we still need to keep the pressure up on our reps to ensure that a bill like this never comes back on the docket.
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Giving youth access to a wide variety of reading materials builds community cohesion. Student Hazel Eyles shared: “I have always wanted to help people in my community...Being able to read about other people's experiences has opened my eyes and allowed me to understand many different perspectives.”
Educators and activists protest book bans in the New Hanover County Schools district
Educators and activists held a rally Tuesday afternoon to protest book bannings in New Hanover County schools.
www.whqr.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Giving youth access to a wide variety of reading materials builds community cohesion. Student Hazel Eyles shared: “I have always wanted to help people in my community...Being able to read about other people's experiences has opened my eyes and allowed me to understand many different perspectives.”
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Thank you @halfpricebooks.bsky.social for fighting www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/d...
Dallas-based bookstore leading fight against Texas bill
Dallas-based Half Price Books is leading the fight against a bill being considered in Austin. The bill would allow bookstores to be sued for selling or even displaying harmful material to minors.
www.nbcdfw.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Thank you @halfpricebooks.bsky.social for fighting www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/d...
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Tx HB3225 may go to the Senate soon. Your city council probably doesn’t even know about the $10,000 fine to the library. Or that the library will have to I.D. Everyone under 18. What can you do? Inform your city council members ASAP!
May 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Tx HB3225 may go to the Senate soon. Your city council probably doesn’t even know about the $10,000 fine to the library. Or that the library will have to I.D. Everyone under 18. What can you do? Inform your city council members ASAP!
HB 3225 passed the Texas House today, meaning we are one step closer to essentially banning minors from the library if we cannot guarantee that they will not come into contact with "sexually explicit materials" and can be fined punitively for every instance where this might be the case.
May 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
HB 3225 passed the Texas House today, meaning we are one step closer to essentially banning minors from the library if we cannot guarantee that they will not come into contact with "sexually explicit materials" and can be fined punitively for every instance where this might be the case.
SB412 passed because of fucking course it did. Just say you want to ban books and criminalize teachers and librarians you fucking neanderthals.
May 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
SB412 passed because of fucking course it did. Just say you want to ban books and criminalize teachers and librarians you fucking neanderthals.
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Do you love your Texas public library? NOW is the time to speak up. Two bills are threatening to limit access to our teens at public libraries. Contact your Texas House representative. Tell them you oppose HB3225 and you support your public library!
a black and white photo of a woman talking on a telephone and asking for help .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman talking on a telephone and asking for help .
media.tenor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do you love your Texas public library? NOW is the time to speak up. Two bills are threatening to limit access to our teens at public libraries. Contact your Texas House representative. Tell them you oppose HB3225 and you support your public library!
TFW you're in the middle of a christofascist government takeover and you realize that it hasn't even been 100 days.
April 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
TFW you're in the middle of a christofascist government takeover and you realize that it hasn't even been 100 days.
Nothing enrages me more than these fucking assholes acting like their kid learning about the existence of queer people equates to being oppressed. Having freedom does not mean you get to deny other people freedom just because you don't like them or agree with them.
this is what “viewpoint diversity” boils down to. i will not be satisfied with my own freedom until your freedoms are taken away
it’s also why the religious right want to siphon away public money to subsidize their private christian schools and segregation academies
it’s also why the religious right want to siphon away public money to subsidize their private christian schools and segregation academies
SCOTUS NEWS: Today the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Mahmoud v. Taylor, where parents argue that it violates their religious liberty if their children in public school read books with LGBTQ characters
April 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nothing enrages me more than these fucking assholes acting like their kid learning about the existence of queer people equates to being oppressed. Having freedom does not mean you get to deny other people freedom just because you don't like them or agree with them.
Not saying he's right, but I meaaaannnnnnn... 👀
April 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not saying he's right, but I meaaaannnnnnn... 👀
I am trying not to get pre-pissed off about HB 3225 but let's be real - I've been pissed off since this legislative session started. These fucking troglodytes are banning kids from using the library and accessing information. They are trying to criminalize librarians for doing their jobs. I hate it.
April 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I am trying not to get pre-pissed off about HB 3225 but let's be real - I've been pissed off since this legislative session started. These fucking troglodytes are banning kids from using the library and accessing information. They are trying to criminalize librarians for doing their jobs. I hate it.
If you find something offensive in the library, the correct response is to set it down and walk away. Better yet, ask the librarian for help finding something that you do want. It's not to legislate that minors can't be in the library because they might see something objectionable.
April 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If you find something offensive in the library, the correct response is to set it down and walk away. Better yet, ask the librarian for help finding something that you do want. It's not to legislate that minors can't be in the library because they might see something objectionable.
Apparently, a public library should only be accessible to white heterosexual adults and only feature white heterosexual stories. Can't have any of that pesky community representation nonsense because *what if* someone gets their precious fee fees hurt?
April 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Apparently, a public library should only be accessible to white heterosexual adults and only feature white heterosexual stories. Can't have any of that pesky community representation nonsense because *what if* someone gets their precious fee fees hurt?
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Texas HB3225 will be heard at State Affairs committee April 14. This bill would set up age restrictions for public libraries. Remember when they said you can just check it out at the public library? #bookbans
April 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Texas HB3225 will be heard at State Affairs committee April 14. This bill would set up age restrictions for public libraries. Remember when they said you can just check it out at the public library? #bookbans
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Contact members of the Texas House State Affairs committee and tell them to vote "no" on SB412 which would criminalize all educators for just doing their job. house.texas.gov/committees/c...
April 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Contact members of the Texas House State Affairs committee and tell them to vote "no" on SB412 which would criminalize all educators for just doing their job. house.texas.gov/committees/c...
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
April 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
happy library workers’ day to all the librarians who keep us informed, provide opportunities for communities to come together, and keep our libraries running. and thank you to my favorite librarian @whreads.bsky.social for being such a great podcast guest!
www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswe...
www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswe...
Half the Answer #3: At the Library
Centrist pundits, conservative think-tank guys, and far-right propagandists say the movement to target libraries with new laws and book challenges is about making sure patrons have access to all viewp...
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
happy library workers’ day to all the librarians who keep us informed, provide opportunities for communities to come together, and keep our libraries running. and thank you to my favorite librarian @whreads.bsky.social for being such a great podcast guest!
www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswe...
www.liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswe...
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
Happy National Library Workers Day! You mean the world to us! Thank you for working, for volunteering, for helping, for your presence! We love you! 💛
April 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy National Library Workers Day! You mean the world to us! Thank you for working, for volunteering, for helping, for your presence! We love you! 💛
Happy National Right to Read Day! Libraries are currently under attack, which means your 1st Amendment rights are also under attack. Use today to spread the word that you will not tolerate having your rights stripped away.
For more information: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
For more information: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
Right to Read Day
The right to read is under attack. On Right to Read Day, April 7, 2025, take action to support your library and protect your freedom to read.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
April 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy National Right to Read Day! Libraries are currently under attack, which means your 1st Amendment rights are also under attack. Use today to spread the word that you will not tolerate having your rights stripped away.
For more information: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
For more information: uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
never seen it put more concisely than this. one sentence. completely correct.
“Protecting” kids without empowering kids is actually just “controlling” kids and if you remember that you will see through a lot of bullshit
April 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
never seen it put more concisely than this. one sentence. completely correct.
Being at a library conference all week is great, but all it's doing is making me want to write a book.
April 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Being at a library conference all week is great, but all it's doing is making me want to write a book.
Just to give you all an update, my library has received notification from TSLAC to stop all grant activities for FY24 because of the IMLS shutdown. We are no longer allowed to spend any money for the grant programs we have because TSLAC doesn't know if they're going to be reimbursed or not.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just to give you all an update, my library has received notification from TSLAC to stop all grant activities for FY24 because of the IMLS shutdown. We are no longer allowed to spend any money for the grant programs we have because TSLAC doesn't know if they're going to be reimbursed or not.
Reposted by That Woke Librarian
“liberal” islamophobia (and of course zionist apologetics) is rife with double standards, stereotypes, and just plain making up a guy
April 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“liberal” islamophobia (and of course zionist apologetics) is rife with double standards, stereotypes, and just plain making up a guy