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the.subversive.librarian
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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.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 7
"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."
crimethinc.com CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Feb 7
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.” 🏴
A screenshot of the cover of a zine titled "It’s Safer in the Front."
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Jul 2
Join DSA today! dsausa.org/join
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Jun 10
$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.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Apr 8
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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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Apr 7
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.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Mar 16
actionnetwork.org/events/walk-...
Walk-In 101: Everything You Need to Know
When: Monday March 17 at 5pm pst/8pm est Where: Virtual, Zoom link provided after registration What: Wednesday March 19, the National Education Association has called for a “Walk-In to to Protect Ou...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Mar 11
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
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · Mar 9
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.
onewingedsparrow.bsky.social OneWingedSparrow @onewingedsparrow.bsky.social · Jan 25
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.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 26
2. The role of occupying forces, the military, and police is to solely protect the state. These soldiers/police “stand there projecting the violent underpinning of political power.”
3. “Survival [of empire] is not clean.”
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 26
Other important ideas, especially in light of the horrific dehumanization of people who have immigrated to the U.S. from the Global South, are 1. “The hierarchy of immigration” - the designation of “expat” is usually “reserved for white Westerners who leave the homes for another country…”
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 26
And this is why I smile with my whole heart when I hear young children speaking a language other than English with their parents or elders. It’s a reclamation of humanity.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 26
This is why my mom didn’t want to teach me how to speak Korean in the late 70s/early 80s. This is why my whole name does not acknowledge my mother or her part of my lineage.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 26
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)
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 14
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
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 14
But this section from Chapter 41? The holding of breath. A glimpse into Mr. Mack's personality. The building of tension. Another held breath. Then how Lavalle breaks that tension? Beautiful doesn't begin to do it justice.
Wait. But the caution of the others only fueled Mr. Mack's brashness. One more step and his foot passed through the doorway. Then Mr. Mack lost his balance. He fell, headfirst, into the shadows. He didn't even yelp when he fell. Mr. Mack was there and then he wasn't. Everyone, all nine of them, just stood there, dumbstruck. Wally Gambino was the first to break the silence. He laughed. And not a little laugh, either. A real gut-buster. He had to let go of the Haint's hand. He leaned forward with his hands on his thighs for balance. And he kept on laughing. "Old boy took a lump," Wally shouted.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 14
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)
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 13
#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.
Quit Stalin and be my Valentine. RUTA SEPETYS between shades of gray Handwritten: For Mrs. Lenandon - I am so grateful to you! Author's signature
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 11
Are we being Punk'd? I feel like we're being long-game Punk'd.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 11
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.
daviddennisjr.bsky.social David Dennis Jr @daviddennisjr.bsky.social · Feb 10
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...
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
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 11
Beautiful article!
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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Feb 9
Reminder Congress can stop this any time they want.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 10
#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?
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 9
#otd when I made a crap-ton of #macarons for my French II students. Three of them did an "unboxing" video + review and it was amazing. I wish I had that video.
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Feb 7
"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."
crimethinc.com CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Feb 7
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.” 🏴
A screenshot of the cover of a zine titled "It’s Safer in the Front."
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the.subversive.librarian @subversivebibli.bsky.social · Jan 29
4. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
4/5 stars.
I wish that the impact of Western settlers on indigenous communities would have been explored more deeply, but it was more of an aside than anything. If you're interested in THAT type of story, I suggest reading Isabel Cañas.
MEXICAN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOTHIC *Masterful!.. a gloriously moody adventure, spooky. smart, and wry. VICTOR LAVALLE author of The Changeling Silvia Moreno- Garcia Author of Gods of Jade and Shadow
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