J.J. Watson-MacKay

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Father and spoonie, doing my best to be a good-ancestor.

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Forever student, endlessly curious and happy to share an Entry-Point, Boon, or expression of Community Care. Studying in the Masters in Library and Information Studies program at UBC in Vancouver, Canada.

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When we politicize our practices and models of trauma and healing, we learn not to solely depend on the individual-focused techniques that alleviate the pain and distress, but to also mobilize and collectively organize ongoing disruptions:

To disrupt the systemic root causes of the threats and dangers that target the oppressed.

May we also aim for... See more

politicizing Siegel's Window of Tolerance

For Your Health

(I recommend saving this post as it is really long at 11,368 words.) [Start of transcript] Saara: Hello everyone, I'm Saara El-Arifi, author of The Final Strife, and I'm here today with the Samantha Shannon. Hi. I want to first acknowledge to all the listeners who have just got to the end of... See more

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Roots of Chaos Series Reading Companion

Transcript of Samantha Shannon in conversation with Saara El-Arifi, A Day of Fallen Night post audiobook interview (Major spoilers for ADOFN)

(*This essay was originally published in Boundless Magazine in March of 2020, which is no longer available to read. This post is an archival attempt*). **Novelist Samantha Shannon writes about old stories, new readings and how the legend of Saint George and the Dragon led her to a feminist... See more

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Damsels Undistressed - An Essay by Samantha Shannon https://www.samanthashannon.co.uk/more/damsels-undistressed

Working Together Project

librariesincommunities.ca

LIS Reframes and foils

Philosophy and toolkit as foil to
‘vocational awe’
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- alternative narrative that counters the hegemonic and uncritical approach the popular media has taken […]regarding current operations of LFL®
- alternative models (i.e. Winnipeg Public Library’s approach, community-led practice) for what we believe are more genuine in their intention to meaningfully address real and present challenges to literacy and education in underserved and marginalized communities.
  - Little Free Libraries®: Interrogating The Impact Of The Branded Book Exchange

Roots of Chaos Series Reading Companion

Type Map for A Day of Fallen Night by @monomatica

Link to post: https://www.tumblr.com/monomatica/718869559241834496/type-map-for-a-day-of-fallen-night-by-samantha?source=share

Thought provoking

From Museum object as document - Using Buckland’s information concepts to understand museum experiences by Kiersten F. Latham

Decision — Samantha Shannon

Samantha Shannon samanthashannon.co.uk

Roots of Chaos Series Reading Companion

A Day of Fallen Night: Decision
28 May
Written By Samantha Shannon
A bonus chapter about the love story between Esbar and Tunuva,
originally written for the Waterstones Exclusive Edition of A Day of Fallen Night