Finished reading: The Freelance Academic by Katie Rose Guest Pryal 📚
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
🔖 What are we folding when we are folding laundry in quarantine is a beautiful poem by Sarah Ruhl. Probably time for me to pick up my copy of 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write and keep reading it.
🔖 I love this take. I’d love to see it even more fleshed out: WandaVision Is Basically a Retelling of the Scarlet Letter (LitHub) 📺
Apparently it’s going to be an up-every-two-hours kind of night.
SAVE THE DATE! My dissertation defense is set for April 14th from 1 - 3 pm. It will be held via Zoom. SILS dissertation defenses are open. Please get in touch with me if you’d like the Zoom details. 📝
Sewing is not going great because my machine is old and unhelpful and difficult to find a manual for. (I’ve tried all the places but if you find me a manual for the Seammaster 1700 you’ll have my undying gratitude.) 🧵
I threaded a needle and pulled up the bobbin thread! 🧵
I wound a bobbin! 🧵
Taking a mini-spring break over UNC’s Wellness Days & the weekend, including bailing on Social Media. See y’all Monday!
No YOU meant to go to bed an hour ago but got distracted by online window-shopping for sewing supplies. 🧵