Lynne Stahl
@stynnelahl.bsky.social
Humanities librarian, doctor of queer film stuff, aspiring spinster, cranky, Kansan in New England; worried I left the stove on. Proud parent to growing horde of houseplants.
We (Wesleyan University) are hiring a Social Sciences Librarian, with an emphasis on economics, philosophy, religion, the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and the Center for Prison Education. More info here: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career... #LibJobs #LISJobs
Social Sciences Librarian
The Olin Library is an active partner in Wesleyan University’s liberal arts mission, an inclusive, idea-driven space where curiosity, scholarship, and creativity converge. Serving a community of facul...
wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We (Wesleyan University) are hiring a Social Sciences Librarian, with an emphasis on economics, philosophy, religion, the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and the Center for Prison Education. More info here: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career... #LibJobs #LISJobs
NOBODY WANTS THIS (account deleted)
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NOBODY WANTS THIS (account deleted)
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Andrea Gibson has died.
July 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Andrea Gibson has died.
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Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher
May 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thinking of every academic who has had to apply for grants to cover the cost of requesting and licensing images for their books with zero assistance from a publisher
Me every time Spelling Bee refuses to accept "cathect" as a word
May 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Me every time Spelling Bee refuses to accept "cathect" as a word
Ok the Unrivaled 1v1 Tournament may be the most fun I've ever had watching sports on TV
February 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ok the Unrivaled 1v1 Tournament may be the most fun I've ever had watching sports on TV
Gosh thanks, Elsevier, for charging libraries gobs of money for what seems extremely likely to be AI-generated junk (h/t to a colleague for finding this)
February 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Gosh thanks, Elsevier, for charging libraries gobs of money for what seems extremely likely to be AI-generated junk (h/t to a colleague for finding this)
David Lynch. None of his work ever really spoke to me except for Mulholland Drive, but Mulholland Drive is probably the film of all films in the world that has most shaped how I think and perceive and imagine. What a loss. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
David Lynch. None of his work ever really spoke to me except for Mulholland Drive, but Mulholland Drive is probably the film of all films in the world that has most shaped how I think and perceive and imagine. What a loss. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
#LibJobs Wesleyan University Library is hiring a Digital Asset Coordinator to execute, supervise, and manage vendor-provided projects involving photography and complex scanning of rare and unique materials plus materials for pedagogical use. Details: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
Digital Asset Coordinator
The Digital Asset Coordinator oversees preservation-level digitization operations in the Wesleyan University Library. Reporting to the Head of Digital Initiatives, and working closely with the Visual ...
wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#LibJobs Wesleyan University Library is hiring a Digital Asset Coordinator to execute, supervise, and manage vendor-provided projects involving photography and complex scanning of rare and unique materials plus materials for pedagogical use. Details: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
Just bought a June Jordan anthology from a lesbian bookstore in Western Mass and it feels as if I have unlocked a whole new level of Dykedom
December 16, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Just bought a June Jordan anthology from a lesbian bookstore in Western Mass and it feels as if I have unlocked a whole new level of Dykedom
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differences 35.3 is out now! — edited by @teaganbradway.bsky.social, "Unaccountably Queer" features essays from Gila Ashtor, Cassius Adair, Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Jules Gill-Peterson, and more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
December 12, 2024 at 1:25 PM
differences 35.3 is out now! — edited by @teaganbradway.bsky.social, "Unaccountably Queer" features essays from Gila Ashtor, Cassius Adair, Sara Ahmed, Judith Butler, Jules Gill-Peterson, and more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
Whatever does or doesn't come of the Neil Gaiman allegations, the fact remains that many many people (myself included, to an extent) have spent years extolling The Sandman, whose much-beloved protagonist condemned a woman to eternal torture for *checks notes* rejecting his advances 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
July 16, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Whatever does or doesn't come of the Neil Gaiman allegations, the fact remains that many many people (myself included, to an extent) have spent years extolling The Sandman, whose much-beloved protagonist condemned a woman to eternal torture for *checks notes* rejecting his advances 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Oooh apparently hashtags are now functional on this platform #AcademicLibraries #Libraries journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/jo...
March 12, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Oooh apparently hashtags are now functional on this platform #AcademicLibraries #Libraries journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/jo...
Excited and honored to have my article “Uncontrollable Vocabularies: Queer Theory, Sexual Identity, and the Catalog” out now in the Journal of Radical Librarianship! journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/jo...
March 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Excited and honored to have my article “Uncontrollable Vocabularies: Queer Theory, Sexual Identity, and the Catalog” out now in the Journal of Radical Librarianship! journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/jo...
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Honored to make a 2nd appearance on @debraraecohen.bsky.social’s In These Times blog on the Modernism/modernity print plus site.
I wrote about feminism, modernism, and the uses and abuses of amateurism, incl by “GC” feminism. Ft art by @allgrim.bsky.social! 💜 modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts...
I wrote about feminism, modernism, and the uses and abuses of amateurism, incl by “GC” feminism. Ft art by @allgrim.bsky.social! 💜 modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts...
modernismmodernity.org
December 14, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Honored to make a 2nd appearance on @debraraecohen.bsky.social’s In These Times blog on the Modernism/modernity print plus site.
I wrote about feminism, modernism, and the uses and abuses of amateurism, incl by “GC” feminism. Ft art by @allgrim.bsky.social! 💜 modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts...
I wrote about feminism, modernism, and the uses and abuses of amateurism, incl by “GC” feminism. Ft art by @allgrim.bsky.social! 💜 modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts...
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"Library workers have been conditioned by professional precarity and gendered expectations to be, above all else, reactive to need." #c18th #skybrarians @stynnelahl.bsky.social
Librarian, Read Thyself - The Rambling
Metadata Snippet: Drawing on Fobazi Ettarh’s notion of vocational awe, this essay by Lynne Stahl examines the ideological roots of libraries in Enlightenment ideals alongside the increasingly catch-...
the-rambling.com
December 7, 2023 at 6:02 PM
"Library workers have been conditioned by professional precarity and gendered expectations to be, above all else, reactive to need." #c18th #skybrarians @stynnelahl.bsky.social
Prepping for a research consultation with a student whose project is on maritime fashion and queerness and heaven help me, all I can think of is this
November 30, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Prepping for a research consultation with a student whose project is on maritime fashion and queerness and heaven help me, all I can think of is this
Why is everything Aldi sells either a very basic pantry staple or absolutely chaotic nonsense in edible form?? In other news, I tried their pumpkin pie seltzer so you don't have to.
October 24, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Why is everything Aldi sells either a very basic pantry staple or absolutely chaotic nonsense in edible form?? In other news, I tried their pumpkin pie seltzer so you don't have to.
If we count *me* being painfully on-brand, def the time I met Alison Bechdel and said of Are You My Mother "I'm not sure if this book has helped my relationship with my mom, but it has helped my relationship TO my relationship with my mom" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Okay, what’s the most ON-BRAND celebrity interaction you’ve ever had?
I once found Christopher Hitchens wandering around drunk and disoriented at ten in the morning, and showed him where his speaking engagement was.
I once found Christopher Hitchens wandering around drunk and disoriented at ten in the morning, and showed him where his speaking engagement was.
September 25, 2023 at 7:18 PM
If we count *me* being painfully on-brand, def the time I met Alison Bechdel and said of Are You My Mother "I'm not sure if this book has helped my relationship with my mom, but it has helped my relationship TO my relationship with my mom" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1000% sincere when I say that a student approaching me for research assistance with their capstone on poop in art and literature has brightened my week a thousandfold and also becoming an academic librarian is the best choice I ever made📚💩
September 19, 2023 at 6:10 PM
1000% sincere when I say that a student approaching me for research assistance with their capstone on poop in art and literature has brightened my week a thousandfold and also becoming an academic librarian is the best choice I ever made📚💩
We (Wesleyan U) are hiring a Head of Special Collections! Have been here <1 year but can 100% confirm that Wes is a place where students, staff, and faculty are *deeply interested* in Special Collections. careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10066
Head of Special Collections
Located in Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges with 3,000 undergraduates and 200 graduates. Established in 1831, Wesleyan is known for i...
careers.wesleyan.edu
September 11, 2023 at 5:22 PM
We (Wesleyan U) are hiring a Head of Special Collections! Have been here <1 year but can 100% confirm that Wes is a place where students, staff, and faculty are *deeply interested* in Special Collections. careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10066
This is *not* my MLA session; this is a session taking place the same time slot as mine. See you all in Philly, if probably (and understandably!) not between 1:45-3:00 on Saturday🥰
September 8, 2023 at 5:22 PM
This is *not* my MLA session; this is a session taking place the same time slot as mine. See you all in Philly, if probably (and understandably!) not between 1:45-3:00 on Saturday🥰
"The very idea of the common good has been lost in the discussions about WVU’s catastrophic cuts; the significance of a public university has been forgotten...A public university is neither the buildings on a campus nor the endowment nor its figureheads. [It is]...quite simply its people." ❤️
A lot of space has been devoted to the crisis at WVU.
But what else could, and should, a public university be?
For The Boston Review, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @jessiew.bsky.social & I examine the past, present, & future of public education.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/an-...
But what else could, and should, a public university be?
For The Boston Review, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @jessiew.bsky.social & I examine the past, present, & future of public education.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/an-...
An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University - Boston Review
The crisis here spells disaster for the future of public education.
www.bostonreview.net
September 7, 2023 at 3:19 PM
"The very idea of the common good has been lost in the discussions about WVU’s catastrophic cuts; the significance of a public university has been forgotten...A public university is neither the buildings on a campus nor the endowment nor its figureheads. [It is]...quite simply its people." ❤️
While I appreciate the EV chargers popping up all around campus, it is v hard to imagine anybody seeing one of these and thinking anything other than "giant tampon dispenser"
August 29, 2023 at 12:29 PM
While I appreciate the EV chargers popping up all around campus, it is v hard to imagine anybody seeing one of these and thinking anything other than "giant tampon dispenser"