Katie (she/her)
@librariankqm.bsky.social
Here to talk about the intersection of libraries, academia, and disability #CripLib
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Katie (she/her)
@librariankqm.bsky.social
· Sep 15
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Academic Library Workers
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) established the legal requirement for equal access to employment for disabled Americans, but the processes for inclusion established by the law are rarely dis...
digitalcommons.wcupa.edu
My upcoming chapters in Navigating Disability in the Academic Library Workplace are live on my IR! "The Americans with Disabilities Act and Academic Library Workers" covers ADA protections + how to navigate discrimination & the accommodations process: digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/eddppa_facpu...
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My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."
In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded
Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."
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APALA "mourns the profound loss of Alice Wong, a visionary disability justice activist, acclaimed author, and 2024 winner of the APALA Literature Award for Adult Non-Fiction. "
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Image credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (CC: BY-NC)
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Image credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (CC: BY-NC)
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
APALA "mourns the profound loss of Alice Wong, a visionary disability justice activist, acclaimed author, and 2024 winner of the APALA Literature Award for Adult Non-Fiction. "
www.apalaweb.org/statement-fr...
Image credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (CC: BY-NC)
www.apalaweb.org/statement-fr...
Image credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (CC: BY-NC)
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For years, the disability community has been used by industry as a shield against Medicare For All.
In new polling from @dataforprogress.org, we asked disabled voters whether they support M4A:
62% Support among voters who ID as disabled
63% Support among voters who do not ID as disabled
#IDPWD
In new polling from @dataforprogress.org, we asked disabled voters whether they support M4A:
62% Support among voters who ID as disabled
63% Support among voters who do not ID as disabled
#IDPWD
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For years, the disability community has been used by industry as a shield against Medicare For All.
In new polling from @dataforprogress.org, we asked disabled voters whether they support M4A:
62% Support among voters who ID as disabled
63% Support among voters who do not ID as disabled
#IDPWD
In new polling from @dataforprogress.org, we asked disabled voters whether they support M4A:
62% Support among voters who ID as disabled
63% Support among voters who do not ID as disabled
#IDPWD
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
Reminder for ALA members, this webinar is tomorrow!
Hey #Library folks, I'm giving an ALA webinar on the accommodations process for library workers on Dec 2 #CripLib Free for ALA members! Register here: elearning.ala.org/local/catalo...
Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations for Library Workers | ALAeLearning
elearning.ala.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder for ALA members, this webinar is tomorrow!
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What a girl wants
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What a girl wants
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
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Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
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Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
My work is having a winter luncheon next month with an employee-built playlist and I'm wondering how weird it would be for me to add one of my favorite Christmas songs, Yule Shoot Your Eye Out by Fall Out Boy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3X...
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Fall Out Boy - Yule Shoot Your Eye Out (Audio)
YouTube video by FallOutBoyVEVO
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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My work is having a winter luncheon next month with an employee-built playlist and I'm wondering how weird it would be for me to add one of my favorite Christmas songs, Yule Shoot Your Eye Out by Fall Out Boy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW3X...
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We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
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'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
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In 2023, Alice curated "Low and Slow" at Eater, an outstanding series of pieces by disabled people about our myriad, complex, loving, sometimes fraught relationships with food.
Eater and Disability Visibility Present: Low and Slow
A series on the joys and pleasures of eating, cooking, and sustenance.
www.eater.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
In 2023, Alice curated "Low and Slow" at Eater, an outstanding series of pieces by disabled people about our myriad, complex, loving, sometimes fraught relationships with food.
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“Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others.”
Gift link:
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Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Yes, life is a complete dumpster fire, but I am reminded that I am not alone, that I am in this with many others.”
Gift link:
Gift link:
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Interesting in neurodivergent and disabled accessibility, archives and heritage, or both? Last day to register for "Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness" (free online symposium, 17th and 18th November)!
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Interesting in neurodivergent and disabled accessibility, archives and heritage, or both? Last day to register for "Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness" (free online symposium, 17th and 18th November)!
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
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What they're never gonna get from me is five dollars.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What they're never gonna get from me is five dollars.
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This is true in PA too. If you want to primary Fetterman (amd i know you do!), it's better to stay registered as a Democrat. I'm pissed too, but changing to an Independent is not helpful at this point.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is true in PA too. If you want to primary Fetterman (amd i know you do!), it's better to stay registered as a Democrat. I'm pissed too, but changing to an Independent is not helpful at this point.
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Happy chewing out John Fetterman day! (Washington office phone line didn’t connect but the PHL one did.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy chewing out John Fetterman day! (Washington office phone line didn’t connect but the PHL one did.)
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.