Finished reading: The Back of the Universe by Jessixa Bagley 📚
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC
Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.
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Finished reading: While We’re Here by Anne Wynter 📚
Finished reading: The Muéganos by Jaque Jours 📚
🔖 Read Wake schools restricts parents’ ability to challenge books, citing new state law.
Wake is interpreting recent changes in state law to mean that parents can now only restrict their own children from borrowing specific school library books, not that books must be removed.
Good. Parents can still challenge classroom materials.
🔖 Read How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities.
My city has its share of problems, but I’m really proud of it for developing programs like this. Especially for launching the Stabilization Services division.
Finished reading: A Man And His Cat 1 by Umi Sakurai 📚
This is the most relatable and wholesome manga I’ve ever read.
🔖 Read Seasonal Living Isn’t Just A Wellness Trend — It’s How We Were Designed To Live by Dr. Jaclyn Tolentino (The Good Trade). 🍂
It’s fall according to the light and the temperature is obliging, too. Time for cardigans, sweet potatoes, and days that feel like the golden hour all afternoon.
🔖📚 Read Reading for pleasure - and for better health by Craig Brierley.
Today, in a review published in Psychological Medicine, Professor Sahakian and Dr Langley, together with Vicki Perrin, CEO of The Queen’s Reading Room, argue that it doesn’t matter what or how we read, reading for enjoyment can bring huge benefits – and reading with others, whether it’s as part of a book club or a parent reading with their children, can bring even greater rewards.
No surprises here and not a ton of evidence for causality but correlation isn’t nothing. Saved the original research article to read later.
🔖 Read In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? by Nikole Hannah-Jones (NYT gift link).
Instead of fortifying our determination to fight for integration, we have instead chosen to succumb to a collective apathy in the face of a system so devastatingly unequal that it puts at odds trying to be a good person with trying to be a good parent.
How do we work toward a more equal system without the work feeling like we’re doing it at our own childrens’ expense? I don’t have the answer but I appreciate being reminded it’s a critical question.
Finished reading: Heroes The Greek Myths Reimagined (Greek Mythology Book for Adults, Book of Greek Myths and Hero Tales) by Stephen Fry 📚🎧
Listened to Fry read this one himself, too. Great, as always.