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Show overview

librarypunk has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 165 episodes. That works out to roughly 190 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 59 min and 1h 17m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 53% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 weeks ago, with 8 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 40 episodes published.

Episodes
165
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
1h 6m
Cadence
Fortnightly

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librarypunk is a leftist library worker podcast.

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164 - NYC PLAN

Apr 25, 20261h 3m

Ep 165163 - Organize Your Library

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We’re joined by the authors of Organize Your Library to talk about library labor, the future, the ALA union drive, and more! Media mentioned Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers https://alastore.ala.org/oryrlib ALA union letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v8ACD_ltC3ZW1JBJX6qdheD11xq7tBdR/view ALA union announcement: https://afscme31.org/news/american-library-association-employees-forming-union-afscme WNBA players association agreement signed https://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-wnbpa-tentative-cba-deal-2026 NYC Plan https://nycplan.org/ All transcripts: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/librarypunk Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

Apr 2, 202652 min

Ep 164162 - Fashion librarianship feat. Steph Noell

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This week we’re joined by Steph to talk about fashion and librarianship: how it works, how they intersect, and how fashion is interdisciplinary. We also learn about how you get into this gig! Media mentioned Good general article: Frederiksen, Linda. “Fashion by Design.” Library Journal, vol. 131, no. 10, June 2006, pp. 79–81. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=297645b9-2580-3b4f-bdae-8ee2344a2633. Costume Institute article: Kazmi, Sahar. “A CENTURY OF FASHION: Library Collections Reflect the Evolution of 20th-Century American Style.” Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 13, no. 1, Jan. 2024, pp. 14–19. EBSCOhost, https://www.loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2024_0102.pdf ARLIS article: King, Lindsay M., and Russell T. Clement. “Style and Substance: Fashion in Twenty-First-Century Research Libraries.” Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, vol. 31, no. 1, Mar. 2012, pp. 93–107. EBSCOhost, doi.org/10.1086/664912 Library Journal's September By The Numbers focused on fashion libraries: “Fashion and Beauty.” American Libraries, vol. 56, no. 9/10, Sept. 2025, p. 11 https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/by-the-numbers-fashion-and-beauty/ All previous transcripts: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/librarypunk Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

Mar 26, 202658 min

Ep 163161 - SciOp.net feat. Jonny and Jez (part 2)

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Part 2 of our discussion with Jonny and Jez about SciOp, a torrent-focused data preservation project that encourages academics to help with the act of making data available. It’s distributed, it’s robust, and SciOp is working on making it easy to do. [email protected] Contact Jonny: Fedi: https://elektrine.com/remote/[email protected] Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/jo.nny.rip Media mentioned https://sciop.net/ https://forum.safeguar.de/about https://blog.sciop.net/2025-08-29/webseeds https://punctumbooks.com/titles/warez-the-infrastructure-and-aesthetics-of-piracy/ Safeguarding/sciop: collecting at-risk data in torrent rss feeds - Codeberg.org - https://codeberg.org/safeguarding/sciop - the scraping code, such as it is: https://codeberg.org/Safeguarding/sciop-scraping - sciop the blog, such as it is: https://blog.sciop.net/ https://programminghistorian.org/ https://book.the-turing-way.org/ last episodes on federation: https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/101-mastodon-bluesky-and-bullshit-part-1-feat-jonny-saunders/ https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/102-mastodon-bluesky-and-bullshit-part-2-feat-jonny/ Tools mentioned webrecorder, browser trix https://webrecorder.net/ https://webrecorder.net/browsertrix/ academictorrents - academic data tracker https://academictorrents.com/ aggregor mauve https://agregore.mauve.moe/ DRP - lumos https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalumos/home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table https://torrentfreak.com/controversy-as-rookie-admin-aspires-to-bittorrent-domination-080730/ ddos secrets https://ddosecrets.org/ Archive Team Warrior https://tracker.archiveteam.org/ How to contribute to sciop https://sciop.net/docs/quickstart/ Create account. Create a torrent. [find how to link for how to create a torrent] Upload. Get permission so they are visible to others. Seed. All transcripts: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/librarypunk Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

Mar 19, 20261h 16m

Ep 162160 - SciOp.net feat. Jonny and Jez (part 1)

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We’re talking with Jonny and Jez about SciOp, a torrent-focused data preservation project that encourages academics to help with the act of making data available. It’s distributed, it’s robust, and SciOp is working on making it easy to do. [email protected] Contact Jonny: Fedi: https://elektrine.com/remote/[email protected] Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/jo.nny.rip Media mentioned https://sciop.net/ https://forum.safeguar.de/about https://blog.sciop.net/2025-08-29/webseeds https://punctumbooks.com/titles/warez-the-infrastructure-and-aesthetics-of-piracy/ Safeguarding/sciop: collecting at-risk data in torrent rss feeds - Codeberg.org - https://codeberg.org/safeguarding/sciop - the scraping code, such as it is: https://codeberg.org/Safeguarding/sciop-scraping - sciop the blog, such as it is: https://blog.sciop.net/ https://programminghistorian.org/ https://book.the-turing-way.org/ last episodes on federation: https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/101-mastodon-bluesky-and-bullshit-part-1-feat-jonny-saunders/ https://www.librarypunk.gay/e/102-mastodon-bluesky-and-bullshit-part-2-feat-jonny/ Tools mentioned webrecorder, browser trix https://webrecorder.net/ https://webrecorder.net/browsertrix/ academictorrents - academic data tracker https://academictorrents.com/ aggregor mauve https://agregore.mauve.moe/ DRP - lumos https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalumos/home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table https://torrentfreak.com/controversy-as-rookie-admin-aspires-to-bittorrent-domination-080730/ ddos secrets https://ddosecrets.org/ Archive Team Warrior https://tracker.archiveteam.org/ How to contribute to sciop https://sciop.net/docs/quickstart/ Create account. Create a torrent. [find how to link for how to create a torrent] Upload. Get permission so they are visible to others. Seed. Transcripts: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/librarypunk Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

Mar 12, 20261h 0m

Ep 161159 - Why We Fear AI feat. Hagen Blix

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This week we’re joined by Hagen to talk about their new book on AI and labor/power/knowledge/eugenics. We also discuss some library Reddit developments. Media mentioned https://juandavidcampolargo.substack.com/p/naperville-library-spy https://www.juandavidcampolargo.com/projects/naperlibspy https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/why-we-fear-ai Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/gesekv6i Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

Feb 26, 20261h 18m

Ep 160158 - Flickr Commons feat. Jessamyn West

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It’s a fun one! We’re talking with Jessamyn about the public domain, new and old technology, blogging at the DNC, and lots of inside baseball. Media mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian) https://www.librarian.net/stax/5566/the-mining-of-the-public-domain/ https://jessamyn.com/tweets/ https://tararobertson.ca/2016/oob/ Request to Verify Eligibility for Free Ebooks for the Print Disabled https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSBbT17HSQywTm-fQawOK7G4dN-QPbDWNstdfvysoKTXCjKA/viewform Veii’s music: https://veii.bandcamp.com/ Who Owns this Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs https://fit.princeton.edu/publications/who-owns-sentence-history-copyrights-and-wrongs Free Whistles https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles My Justice of the Peace tumblr https://vermontjp.tumblr.com/ Logan Airport chapel https://discovermass.com/church/our-lady-of-the-airways-east-boston-ma/ Soul of a New Machine https://www.tracykidder.com/the-soul-of-a-new-machine.html Matteo Lane https://matteolanecomedy.com/ My DNC blog https://www.librarian.net/dnc/ Librarian at Burning Man https://www.jessamyn.com/journal/02/burnlib.html Flickr Commons Explorer https://commons.flickr.org/Without a Net, Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide https://www.librarian.net/digitaldivide/ Marrakesh Treaty https://www.wipo.int/en/web/treaties/ip/marrakesh/index Flickypedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickypedia That's My Grandma Flickr Gallery https://flickr.com/photos/flickrfoundation/galleries/72157722979767596/ Murkutu https://mukurtu.org/ Barnard Zine Library https://zines.barnard.edu/ Cleaning out mom's house https://www.flickr.com/photos/iamthebestartist/albums/72157719713137030 Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/684xqjj9 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

Feb 18, 20262h 3m

Ep 159157 - The Politics of Weeding and Little v. Llano County

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We’re back! We’re talking about weeding and library collections as government speech. Media mentioned https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/25/is-including-hidden-ai-prompts-in-academic-papers-gaming-the-peer-review-system-or-keeping-it-honest/ https://buttondown.com/wellsourced/archive/CREW-Method-Manual/ https://bookriot.com/little-vs-llano-county-fifth-circuit/ Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/dgpnufmm Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT Companion zine for the episode: https://smazzie.itch.io/the-politics-of-weeding-and-little-v-llano-county-zine

Feb 5, 20261h 1m

Ep 158156 - The American Worker feat. Kevin Van Meter

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We’re talking with Kevin again about workers inquiry as an organizing tool and the example of the pamphlet The American Worker from 1947. Twitter: https://x.com/AmericanWork47 readingstruggles.info notesfrombelow.org Media mentioned The American Worker on COVER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikphd5bNza4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ff9eaa73e-0b64-4316-a994-c97369b4e555.usrfiles.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY “Searching for the American Worker” https://newpol.org/issue_post/searching-for-the-american-worker/ Culbertson, Anna W. “Our Labor, Our Terms: Workers’ Inquiry in Libraries,” in “Assemblage, Inquiry, and Common Work in Library and Information Studies,” eds. Melissa Adler and Andrew Lau. Special issue, Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies 4; https://journals.litwinbooks.com/index.php/jclis/article/view/175 (CC BY-NC) In and against the state: discussion notes for socialists. https://libcom.org/book/export/html/31378 Reading Struggles: Working-Class Self-Activity from Detroit to Turin and Back Again. https://www.readingstruggles.info/ Guerillas of Desire: Notes on Everyday Resistance and Organizing to Make a Revolution Possible. https://www.akpress.org/guerrillas-of-desire.html Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/bgobg2t9 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Nov 1, 20251h 29m

Ep 157155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay

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This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory. Bsky: @kslater.bsky.social Media mentioned Kay’s article in Library Trends: Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library The AI Con (book) https://thecon.ai/ “Synthetic literacy” forthcoming from Dr. Kishonna Gray https://www.kishonnagray.com/ librarians doing infolit session part of that is telling the students how it will track you - privacy issues https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2016/putting-critical-information-literacy-into-context-how-and-why-librarians-adopt-critical-practices-in-their-teaching/ https://infolit.org.uk/privacy-and-surveillance-in-the-classroom-responding-to-new-information-literacy-challenges/ https://acrlog.org/2020/11/13/privacy-consent-and-the-virtual-one-shot/ https://datalabelers.org/ https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/cia-triad The People’s Platform (book) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250062598/thepeoplesplatform/ Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/g3d9cgmm Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Sep 24, 20251h 0m

Ep 156154 - Hal Schrieve

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This week we’re talking with Young Adult author and children’s librarian Hal to talk about hir new book, vampires, monstrosity, the Old Internet, and the publishing landscape. Pre-order Fawn’s Blood here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4753-fawn-s-blood halschrieve.com Media mentioned https://www.tumblr.com/librarycards https://www.tumblr.com/gatheringbones Books/Literature Small changes over long periods of time https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/small-changes-long-periods-time/ Failure to Comply https://www.featherproof.com/catalog/failure-to-comply-sarah-cavar Dead Collections https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678855/dead-collections-by-isaac-fellman/ Carmilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla Thirst https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712422/thirst-by-marina-yuszczuk-translated-by-heather-cleary/ Peeps, Scott Westerfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps_(novel) Little F (formerly Little Faggot) https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/litte-f Mortal Companion, Patrick Califia https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/620928.Mortal_Companion The Fist of the Spider Woman https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/F/Fist-of-the-Spider-Woman Mermaid in Chelsea Creek https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mermaid-in-chelsea-creek Cold, Mariko Tamaki https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250831569/cold/ Read at Your Own Risk https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250323354/readatyourownrisk/ It Better Be Worth the Trip – First gay YA novel (1969) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Get_There._It_Better_Be_Worth_the_Trip The Outsiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel) Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(Anderson_novel) Looking for Alaska, John Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_Alaska Books by Raina Telgemeier Books by Svetlana Chmakova Books by Tiffany Jackson Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales https://www.nathanhaleauthor.com/ We Are Palestinian https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Are-Palestinian/Reem-Kassis/9781623717254 These Olive Trees https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703283/these-olive-trees-by-aya-ghanameh/ Hilwa’s Gifts https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774226/hilwas-gifts-by-safa-suleiman-illustrated-by-anait-semirdzhyan/ Movies Hackers (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/ Dracula’s Daughter (1936) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027545/ Nosferatu (2024) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5040012/ Daughters of Darkness (1971) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067690 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116367/ Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874 Blade (1998) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120611/ I Am Legend Disney Channel’s Zombies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_(2018_film) Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/wruy3we6 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Sep 2, 20251h 11m

Ep 155153 - Class Composition in the Cafe Sector / Blue Bottle Independent Union

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This week we’re talking about workers’ inquiry with the Blue Bottle Independent Union for cafe workers! Learn about workers’ inquiry, organization, and how you can do it too! Media mentioned Part 1 (on what cafe workers think and do while at work): https://notesfrombelow.org/article/class-composition-in-the-cafe-sector-part-1 Part 2 (exploring how cafe workers are organizing at work): https://notesfrombelow.org/article/class-composition-in-the-cafe-sector-part-2 Marx 101 questions Enquête Ouvrière (“Workers’ Inquiry”) for Benoît Malon’s French newspaper La Revue Socialiste https://notesfrombelow.org/article/introduction-karl-marxs-workers-inquiry Blood in the Machine: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown https://theworkandus.squarespace.com/ https://newlaborforum.cuny.edu/ https://workingpeople.libsyn.com/ http://workersinquiry.work/ Support Blue Bottle Union https://www.bluebottleunion.org/ https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-blue-bottle-workers-taking-on-nestle Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/jmhcyzvo Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Aug 14, 202555 min

Ep 154152 - LIVE SHOW AT IFFY BOOKS!

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Recording of our first ever live show! Guests Alison and Jennie talk with us about organizing, contracts, AI nonsense, updates, and more! You don’t want to miss the audience participation either! [email protected] Email for LFP mailing list. Media mentioned SPARC contracts library: https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/contracts-library/ Data Cartels, Sarah Lamdan - https://www.sup.org/books/law/data-cartels https://commonslibrary.org/organizing-people-power-and-change-the-one-on-one-meeting/ Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher - https://files.libcom.org/files/%5BMark_Fisher%5D_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf The fourth Librarian Futures report reveals critical gaps—and opportunities—in how librarians can lead on AI integration in higher education https://www.sagepub.com/explore-our-content/press-office/press-releases/2025/05/20/new-technology-from-sage-report-explores-librarian-leadership-in-the-age-of-ai Siembra ICE training: https://www.siembranc.org/ Kay Slater, Library Trends upcoming article on AI. https://labornotes.org/events One on One training https://commonslibrary.org/organizing-people-power-and-change-the-one-on-one-meeting/ Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/whwtxubp Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Jul 3, 20251h 27m

Ep 153151 - David Demchuk Returns

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We have David Demchuk on to talk about his new book The Butcher's Daughter. We also talk about more Canada updates, including how the backlash against queer and Black literature is evolving in the Canadian landscape with US backing. Media mentioned https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/youtube-apparently-unsure-if-shakespeare-is-in-the-public-domain/ Get the book here: https://sohopress.com/books/the-butchers-daughter-the-hitherto-untold-story-of-mrs-lovett/ Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/ik2fbytc Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Jun 19, 20251h 29m

Ep 152150 - IMLS destruction feat. Kelly Jensen

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We’re talking with Kelly about the IMLS executive order and fallout. Kelly on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heykellyjensen.bsky.social Literary Activism Newsletter: https://bookriot.com/newsletter/literary-activism/ Media mentioned https://mn.gov/mmb/budget/federal-investments/data-and-reporting/ https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-beach-moca-museum-of-contemporary-art-federal-grant-terminated/291-bbbaeb6f-6954-4f3a-ab6d-96d63b962619 May 11 IMLS stories https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.59257/gov.uscourts.rid.59257.64.0.pdf (May 21) https://bookriot.com/trump-seeks-stay-in-imls-injunction-sonderling-bashes-imls-employees-in-declaration/ (May 20) https://www.wordsandmoney.com/ala-urges-court-to-deny-dojs-motion-for-reconsideration-in-imls-case/ (May 14) https://bookriot.com/massive-victory-in-lawsuit-filed-against-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-imls/ (May 13) https://bookriot.com/the-latest-from-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/ (May 6, 2025) https://bookriot.com/recent-attacks-on-libraries/ (Apr 15, 2025) https://bookriot.com/imls-gutted/ (Mar 31, 2025) Labor Lessons from the US South event: bit.ly/laborlessons Live show tickets: https://bit.ly/librarypunklive25 Conference sticker fundraiser: https://ko-fi.com/s/8b9407ef58 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/57rpgz05 (more disjointed than usual due to recording issue)

May 24, 20251h 0m

Ep 151149 - Party Girl (1995) commentary track

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We're doing a commentary track for Party Girl! Download this and manually sync up while you listen. You can also download a version with the Party Girl audio ducked while we talk here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/krw8v6bq8hh5d6b2svmif/149final.mp3?rlkey=925eywxqlana90acil7eeaqsd&st=hbgjxs3n&dl=0 You can also join the discord to see other ways to enjoy this track! Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG Transcript download: https://pastecode.io/s/wxnjkfox

Apr 17, 20251h 35m

Ep 150148 - Censorship is a Drag feat. Jason and Jordan

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This week we’re talking with the editors of the new book Censorship is a Drag. We talk about putting yourself on the line, personal and professional risks, and reacting to the latest administration’s onslaught against queer people. Order Censorship is a Drag here: https://litwinbooks.com/books/censorship-is-a-drag/ Media mentioned The Joy of Gay Sex: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-joy-of-gay-sex-charles-silversteinfelice-picano Sara Ahmed’s works The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sara-ahmed/the-feminist-killjoy-handbook/9781541603752/?lens=seal-press Bri Watson join Homosaurus call: https://bsky.app/profile/brimwats.com/post/3lkvvyv4szk2w Form for Homosaurus: https://forms.gle/tADEnq9qPYk3e5eE6 Fairhope Public Library story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/alabama-fairhope-public-library-book-bans Indigenous metadata projects to look into: Maori: https://natlib.govt.nz/librarians/nga-upoko-tukutuku Others: https://guides.library.ubc.ca/Indiglibrarianship/knowledgeorganizations Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/r8istne2 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

Mar 27, 20251h 27m

Ep 149147 - Patmos Public Library with Josh from TWOAPW

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We’re talking with Josh from TWOAPW about Patmos Public Library, his personal connections to it, and the issues around public library funding and censorship of LGTBQ materials. https://www.worstpossible.world/ https://www.twitch.tv/traditional_scrench TWOAPW Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kp7xkxfutoinhqeg3sfswghd Media Mentioned Segment: https://www.kcrg.com/2025/02/25/bill-ban-obscene-material-iowa-libraries-advances/ Why it’s called the Patmos library: https://hudsedfound.org/what-we-do/engage-alumni/marvinandjunepatmos.html Whose Children Are They: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18559276/ Reporting from the time of the initial removal vote: https://www.metrotimes.com/news/conservative-michigan-town-defunds-library-over-lgbtq-book-30736450 https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/upset-over-lgbtq-books-michigan-town-defunds-its-library-tax-vote https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/jamestown-township-library-close-failed-millage-lgbtq/69-021f241b-611c-4856-bd7f-0994f967e714 Go Fund Me set up: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-patmos-library-for-2023 Reporting on the failure of the second vote: https://www.mlive.com/politics/2022/11/patmos-library-millage-fails-again-following-controversy-over-lgbtq-books.html MLA statement after second vote: https://www.milibraries.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1375:statement-on-patmos-library-millage---news---michigan-library-association&catid=44:news-advocacy&Itemid=311 Funding approved: https://lanthorn.com/101674/news/allendale/jamestown-library-funding-approved-after-multi-year-content-disagreements/ https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/michigan-politics/millage-vote-fund-jamestown-township-patmos-library-fails-ottawa-county/69-8102ff6f-1944-4246-a967-c2b3dc3a119e MLive documentary on banning books in Michigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x043zuGWgMA Another Michigan library: https://bookriot.com/alpena-public-library/ Porn hunters in Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6656855 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG Transcripts: https://pastecode.io/s/ybvo6u1t

Mar 7, 20251h 20m

Ep 148146 - Overdose community response in libraries feat. Samantha and Nicole

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We’re talking with Nicole of Brave Co-op about their overdose sensors, and Samantha of Guelph Public Library. Trigger warning: death by overdose is mentioned several times Media mentioned https://www.brave.coop/about Welcoming Streets Guelph: https://guelphchc.ca/welcoming-streets/ Hope House Guelph: https://www.hopehouseguelph.ca/ Facts on Narcan and fent test strips in Texas: https://www.trs.texas.gov/Pages/healthcare-news-202301_Fentanyl_Facts.aspx Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/j4gauhdc

Feb 28, 202555 min

Ep 147145 - Queer Liberation Library with Avi and Amber

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We're talking with QLL about who they are and what they do! Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/queerliblib Instagram https://www.instagram.com/queerliblib/?hl=en Bsky https://bsky.app/profile/queerliblib.bsky.social Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@queerliblib Media mentioned https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/queer-liberation-library-offers-free-lgbtq-books-response-wave-school-rcna156463 https://xtramagazine.com/culture/books/queer-libraries-book-bans-activism-255227 https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/library_sp/68/ https://www.gaycity.org/library-information/ Donate: https://givebutter.com/J9nhcW Preorder The Emperor of Gladness (% of pre-order proceeds go to QLL): https://sites.prh.com/emperor-of-gladness/preorder/

Feb 21, 20251h 1m
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