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bay arean & flutist in wisconsin • “librarian” (DH & stuff) • ex-WNBA quiz writer • they/them • 🇭🇹🏳️‍🌈

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 14d

I have a new poem out today at @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social called “#latergram” about social media, growing up on the internet, and the expectations of ~*being online*~

Feature: one poem by Christine Salek — fifth wheel press

Christine Salek is a former high school water polo player living in Wisconsin. Once a WNBA reporter, they’re now content with their library science degree and the lifestyle that entails. Learn more a...

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 20h

melchie ballon d’umornay

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 1d

“the girls are fightinggggggg”

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 1d

icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?

tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!

2025 workshops

It's Lit: Literary Magazine Submissions. October 29 @ 7PM EST.

THE RANDOMIZER #1. November 6 @ 7pm EST.

No Choice But to Stan: Writing Pop Culture in Poetry. November 15 @ 12pm EST

Writing to Grieve: Poetry as Processing. November 22 @ 12pm EST

THE RANDOMIZER #2. TBD late November.

About your instructor

nat raum is a queer, disabled, and recently unemployed artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all of which were proudly published independently.

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 2d

A Siamese cat leaning forward toward the camera

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 2d

and when you think about it, isn’t all learning just “stealing” knowledge /s

christine @cms.bsky.social · 4d

yes, particularly little forehead kisses

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 5d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 7d

here for Iowa to continue collecting 6’2” wings named McKenna W.

McKenna Woliczko, the No. 6 player in the girls' SportsCenter NEXT 100 class, has committed to Iowa, she announced Wednesday.

christine @cms.bsky.social · 7d

12??????

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · 11d

Added some @cms.bsky.social zines, some buttons, and some resin experiments turned into necklaces to the local take art / leave art box. #DHmakes

A box with a pencil drawing, origami, some necklaces, buttons, and zines

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 11d

omg 💙

christine @cms.bsky.social · 12d

oh hell yeah it’s beehiiv time!!!!

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 14d

I have a new poem out today at @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social called “#latergram” about social media, growing up on the internet, and the expectations of ~*being online*~

Feature: one poem by Christine Salek — fifth wheel press

fifthwheelpress.com

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 16d

they're all still free to download individually if that's the move you want to make, but $10 is a discount on the "suggested" price for all of the zines (since they're, you know, not free to make from an emotional labor perspective)

christine @cms.bsky.social · 16d

it's unexpected expense season AND weird income season, so I'm offering all my zines at once for $10 in case you want to support and/or just read some stuff about gender, or gender, or the mistakes i made in college, or asexuality ✨

Oops! All Zines by christine

cms0008.itch.io

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 18d

so the badgers should *extra* sweep florida this weekend, then

(i have a weird feeling this won’t happen!)

christine @cms.bsky.social · 23d

we've even got a hashtag! #SaturdayLibrarian

christine @cms.bsky.social · 24d

I just explained this project to someone and she was very into it, so I figured I’d offer an update

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 24d

I’m still doing this btw! and now that we’re somehow in the last third of the year, I’m thinking about how I’m going to write about this experience, the (digital) data I *did* keep and why, etc. 👀 #DHmakes

christine @cms.bsky.social · Jan 10

honestly, #DHmakes, not just for the zine but for my 2025 letter-writing project mentioned!

I’m (hand) writing a letter to a different person every day, mostly not to be sent. some of the only digital data I’m keeping right now is who & how I know them, but we’ll see how that evolves over time.

christine @cms.bsky.social · Jan 7

I don't know what I want my newsletter to be anymore, so I went back to buttondown and cleared out my past posts and am now aiming for "chill."

quick life updates, thinking aloud about writing for no one, and a bonus new zine(!):

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 24d

i thought i did when i played but it turns out it’s much smoother and harder to parse when you’re not in seventh grade!

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dh+lib @dhandlib.bsky.social · 28d

While you’re here, don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list! We revamped the mailing list in March, so make sure to sign up to receive the new one if you haven’t already. 📨

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dh+lib @dhandlib.bsky.social · 28d

The dh+lib Review is back for the fall! We invite you to join us as a volunteer Editor-at-Large (EAL). Our welcome event, open to all prospective and current EALs, will take place Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 2pm ET / 11am PT / 6pm UTC. 💻

Sign up to get access to our Slack and the Zoom link to the event:

dh+lib Editor-at-Large Sign Up

Hi! Thanks for your interest in being at EAL with us! Share your contact information below, and a human will contact you about next steps. Cheers! <- dh+lib Review You may also want to sign up for o...

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 29d

i don’t like having a gender or pronouns and picking “they” is really just me rounding to the most approximate vibe

christine @cms.bsky.social · 29d

spent most of my time while transcribing these interviews nodding vigorously and going “sameeee”

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · Sep 5

Howdy! I’ve got a new @slate.com story, about some really fascinating work researcher @cantonwiner.bsky.social is doing around asexuality and a concept he coined called “gender detachment”

A Researcher Was Studying How to Classify Gender—and Found a Startling New Answer

Turns out there’s more to the gender spectrum than we’d imagined.

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christine @cms.bsky.social · 29d

new zine! NONTRADITIONAL, or the time I tried to legitimize my fleeting interest in journalism by going back to school & had an internal crisis about being unconscionably old (25) #DHmakes

PDF (free+): cms0008.itch.io/nontraditional
physical copy ($2, U.S. only): ko-fi.com/s/af4d8de1c0

Two pages of a tiny zine. The first page says, I had trouble with the phrase "nontraditional." Strictly speaking, I wasn't even a typical nontraditional student. I didn't have a full-time job or kids, and I didn't delay my education, just this education. But surely once people found out I was 25, they'd assume things about me. So I adopted the most embarrassing intro. Hand drawn picture of Christine's head, with a speech bubble that reads, Hi, I'm Christine, I'm 25 btw haha this is actually my second degree. The second page says, I was humbled many times as I worked on this degree. I joined the student newspaper, where my 19-year-old editor had a better handle on all things journalism than I did. Hand drawn picture of Christine with question marks above their head and a blonde girl, the editor, with exclamation points above her head. My new friends hustled for internships, juggled leadership positions in student orgs, and even won academic awards. Sure, I'd been on the planet a little longer, but I had nothing to show for those years but my B.A.

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