Kimberly Hirsh

📚 I’m on page 78 of Gwenda Bond’s NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY and y’all, I’m so glad she’s expanded her repertoire to include humorous fantasy romance. ❤️

M, as we sort Magnatiles: Wow, you’re really good at sorting!

Me: Yeah, thanks, I have two graduate degrees in it.

It’s the month with all the writing events! Hi! I’ll probably be focused on #AcWriMo - I’ve got a journal article to finish revising, a dissertation to get a journal article out of, and a book proposal to write. Are you planning any structured writing this month?

I can’t move to California but being a science fiction librarian sounds like a pretty sweet gig.

🎯: Hey don’t you want to buy your kid some cute PJs? They’re on saaaaale…

Me: Bro I just bought him 4 sets FROM YOU a few weeks ago.

Also me: is exerting extreme willpower to not open the app & buy kid MORE cute PJs

Finished reading: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 📚

🔖 Read ‘They start calling you Hitler’: Why Disneyland has some of the most toxic fans on the internet.

In past crises, our leaders have been quick to bail out the banks. They made sure the airlines got rescued. But moms, in the middle of an unprecedented crisis, aren’t getting the relief they need.

• Reshma Saujani in the Marshall Plan For Moms newsletter

Current priorities:

1. Take care of my health.
2. Take care of my kid.
3. Take care of my home.
4. Figure out how I can help primary caregivers on a grand scale.

It seems to me that institutions don’t/can’t care. People do & can. Am I missing out on knowing about caring institutions?

🔖 Read Dear Congress: Paid leave is not a perk. It’s a requirement..

🔖 Read “The Girl With The Green Ribbon”: A Tale of Many Lives. 📚

I’m starting to actually enjoy revising my own writing. This is a huge development and it’s going to make a big difference in my capacity as a writer. Yay!

🔖 Read From Princes to Pigeons: A Beginner’s Guide to Otome Games 🎮

I have a cool idea. What if, in addition to having a mental health summit, the university committed time and money to improving mental health services - not just crisis services, but all of them?

Want to read: They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe 📚

I’m about to log off for the night but I want to talk about #StarTrekProdigy so tell me about your favorite bits and I’ll reply tomorrow! (Replies may contain spoilers.) 🖖🏻📺💻

🔖 Lee Skallerup Bessette’s You Can Ask for Mental-Health Help, but Can You Find Any? is crucial reading. It hits extra hard in the wake of a clear mental health crisis at the school I graduated from (4 times). 🧠

Thanks to Jennifer Polk’s co-working session, I made big progress on a paper revision today. 📝

If you’re a person who would be interested in a virtual co-working space for parents, could you kindly let me know? Thanks! (I’m thinking Discord or Gather for the platform.)

I should add: the space would be free unless the membership got so big an upgrade to the hosting would be required, in which case it would be run at cost.

M and I decorated some sugar cookies this evening.

This is a reminder that Brent Spiner’s book Fan Fiction, which I reviewed back in September, came out a few weeks ago & you can purchase it now! 📚🖖‍‍

Hello I am 40 will a local community theater please cast me as Mama Rose now kthx

M: Can we keep playing Breath of the Wild [pretend, not the video game]?

Me: Wait, we’re playing Breath of the Wild? Oops! I was playing Ocarina of Time.

I’ve got to remember to search parenting groups, not scroll. I just about had an anxiety attack reading about something that happened to somebody else’s kid. (The kid is fine but still.)