Notes
Baby’s first fanfic.
Image description: On the title page of a homemade book, “HAO TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGIN BOOK OF DAGINS” is scrawled in brown pencil. “DAGINS” is written from the bottom right corner up, each letter stacked on the previous one.
W reading a scene to M about a girl doing the school play & it’s The Wizard of Oz: The teacher held up the script.
Me: No no, Wizard of Oz is Tams-Whitmark, you don’t get scripts. Only sides.
Want to read: Heroines by Kate Zambreno 📚
Want to read: Heroines by Kate Zambreno 📚
It’s out! The latest issue of Genetrix, a very occasional newsletter curating stories of creative mothers!
🔖 Read Cranking.
🔖 Read The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done.
I’ve been thinking a lot about personal productivity, what it’s good for and what it isn’t. This article is about a year and a half old now but it points in a direction of collective solutions.
🔖 Read Who Is Steven Hotdog? Or, Untangling the “Braided Essay” |.
What’s Steven Hotdog to me, or I to Steven Hotdog, that I should weep for him?
Ever since I learned about the Steven Hotdog essay I have loved this descriptor. Jess Zimmerman is one of my favorite writers.
Today I’m reviving my newsletter Genetrix, curating stories of creative mothers. The upcoming issue includes links to 15 articles & 1 artist website. You can subscribe at this link .
I didn’t even notice the one year anniversary of my dissertation defense (4/14) but I realized today that I’ve been a doctor (of philosophy) for a year and a week. More reflection later on what that year has been like, maybe.
Okay whose idea was it to only have turbolifts on starships because people would be less likely to be trapped if there were also ramps or something.
🔖 Read 11 Bookish Accessories to Make Reading More Accessible.
I love pieces like this. Getting a book holder changed my reading life.
So I’m delighted by the premise of Is It Cake? but it really feels like a parody reality show from 30 Rock.
🔖 Read Should you ever NOT listen to user feedback?.
I’m exploring the possibility of a career in UX research & reading this article showed me that it’s definitely an area I could get into.
I know you’re not supposed to share your morning pages but in mine today I wrote “It’s time to develop a writing practice that fits my life instead of stealing someone else’s” and I’m really proud of and pleased with myself.
Want to read: Overdue by Amanda Oliver 📚
🔖Read Being a Public Librarian Can Be Dangerous Work, Why Don’t We Acknowledge That? - Electric Literature
Libraries are resolutely radical institutions. They are free to use and open to the public, spaces that demand nothing from you to enter and nothing for you to stay. No exchange of money occurs between library user and library, save for overdue book fees, which are becoming more and more obsolete. Libraries are sanctuaries for the mind, body, and spirit. They are repositories of language, literature, community care, and human growth. And they are also places of objectification, racism, sexual assault, and other human atrocities. They are embodiments of our history and culture, for better, and also for worse.
It’s really weird to have been the precocious teen on the Internet 25 years ago and be the old person in the writer academia Discord server now.
In other news, Season 5 of TNG is stacked with memorable episodes. Darmok. Silicon Avatar. The Game. Ethics. The Innermost Light. Time’s Arrow. 🖖🏻📺
Yesterday I helped my parents sort out the logistics of making the house more accessible for my mom when she’s using mobility aids. A few hours later my kid got sick & we were up much of the night. Caregiving is a 24/7/365 deal. I chose it & it’s still a lot.
Anybody interested in becoming a Sesame Street librarian?