🔖 Read Women of a Certain Age.
Great piece about how the Golden Age of TV creates space for roles beyond somebody’s mom, somebody’s wife, and harpyish crone. 📺🍿
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.
Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.
Recent posts
The Kimberly urge to write Picard/Gomez fic. 🖖🏻
My kid definitely just said “Thwip” in his sleep. 🕸️
“People as everyday theorists of their experiences” - great insight from Bill Penuel at the Crown Institute Participatory Toolkit introduction webinar.
Welcome to my mid-life crisis.
[Image description: An eBay item page for an 18 inch fashion doll. The page says “You purchased this item on Feb 01, 2022.”]
It’s February. Black history is important all year long but February is extra awesome because Black cosplayers show off their stuff daily all month. Search #28daysofblackcosplay on your favorite social media platform to see some amazing cosplay. Learn more at this link.
Me, thinking about my mom’s experience with leukemia: The medicine will be what it will be, but what about her feeeeeeelings?
(Never has it been more appropriate that my sun & rising are in Cancer.)
Me, gathering up all my old dolls that I gave my kid so I can brush their hair: “I know - dolls.” (Oh, Clyde Bruckman. You ask such good questions.)
Hello, I’m Kimberly Hirsh and I just bought and set up creativityforscholars.com. If the domain name intrigues you, why not pop over and sign up for the mailing list?
We must be brave enough to look at our own academic systems, if we plan to make them just and equitable. - Kelly J. Baker, Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Academia
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