Believe The Beautiful Snow Leopard!

As a current librarian, I 100% agree with this! Libby also lets you "subscribe" to a magazine, so you get notifications when a new issue is available.

If you don't like reading magazines (or eBooks, for that matter) on your phone, you can log into Libby on your computer at libbyapp.com.

As a former librarian I'm actually required to remind you that many libraries that subscribe to Libby are opted into a program that lets you subscribe and access magazines for free with no wait

And that this is actually a really fun, low cost way to not only access news and larger cultural magazines, but also to get free patterns for many different crafts that you can screenshot if need be and that lower the financial barriers to entry for trying new things

From my experience working in both academic and public libraries, many libraries are use it or lose it funding-- I have to say this because a lot of patrons feel guilty for how much they use the library and how often they're using it funny enough, but the worst thing you can do for libraries is not try out new features and not use what's already given to you as much as possible.

The numbers that come as a result of your patronage are how most libraries justify their continued existence in times of financial hardship, which sucks but, go check out some magazines on Libby!

I’m not sure I’d want to do that to Mothman.

reblog if you ARE JEWISH, if you SUPPORT JEWISH PEOPLE, or if you WANT ALL NEONAZIS TO BE CARRIED OFF BY MOTHMAN

Is anyone else on PillowFort?  I know I heard about it from someone on Tumblr, but now that I’m able to create an account, I can’t remember whom.  Let me know if you want to connect up there.  My username is the same, and I’ll probably post about as often there as here.

Hi! Thanks so much for following my blog, here is your moodboard. I hope you like it :)

Stay awesome! 

[Fran: Squee!  I love it!  Thank you very much @acelepuff!!]

This is why it is important to vote your entire ballot in every election! Your state governor and legislature make a big difference in your life. Even your town's mayor and city council (or local equivalent), your school board and library board, your local and state referendums -- they all matter.

I get that sometimes it feels like you aren't making an impact. My district has elected some truly appalling people. However, the more local the election, the more difference a single vote makes, and even in a presidential election, a small number of votes can make a big difference.

Beautifully said!

Neil Gaiman on Libraries and Librarians.

I forgot to post again yesterday, so it's another two-for-one deal on National Poetry Month!  We're continuing our trend of dangerous womanhood with Lucille Clifton's won't you celebrate with me.

Part of shaping your own life is naming yourself.  There is power in a name, as Enby-Phoenix explains beautifully in Names.

Go, dragon girl, go!

[blink, blink] Ok, I realize that I’m on the fringes of fandom, so I’m probably not representative of the average fan.  However, the idea that people would value visual art over writing doesn’t make sense to me.  Generally, I’ll look at a piece of visual art, admire it, and move on.  Once in a blue moon, I’ll get a piece to hang on my wall or put on a T-shirt or otherwise save.  (This isn’t anything against the art!  Massive kudos to people who make beauty in a way I never could!)  However, I’ll spend hours reading and sometimes re-reading a good piece of fan fiction.  There have been stories that have stuck with me for years, not just as head-canon, but as ways to help me understand myself and my personal philosophy.  Writers deserve every bit as much respect and support as artists!

Somewhere along the way fanart become worth more than fanfic to fandom.

Artists have Patreon accounts where people pay real money to view their art early or to access special pictures like scraps or tutorials.

Whereas writers are expected to produce more and more, faster, for nothing in return. No one wants to see our “scraps” and writers who do provide Tips and Tricks often get crap for “policing” how people write.

And it falls into the prevailing notion that somehow writing is something easy, something anyone can do.

This isn’t an attack on fanartists. You deserve to receive some sort of compensation and accolades for your work. And so do fanauthors.

Writing fic is hard work. Yes, anyone can type out a story, same as anyone can pick up a pencil to draw, but what makes the difference, what makes a good piece is the experience and talent of an author. It’s all the stories no one saw, it’s all the writing books we’ve read, it’s the classes we have attended, all rolled into a package that works weeks, months, years to bring the fandom their fic. Yes we write for ourselves but we also write to contribute to fandom - just like artists do.

We’re just the same - artists and authors - and we deserve the same respect for our work.

I read picture books, watch silly cartoons, collect stuffed animals, and more!  Why should kids have all the fun?

Hi, if you are a teen or an adult who watches/uses things that were “made for kids” or where kids were the target market,

(ex: Disney movies, stuffed animals, Steven Universe)

Please like or reblog this, I’m trying to prove a point.