On the Police Taking a Knee as Propaganda

We need to all think critically, and recognize what messages images are meant to convey.

FeminismValerie ShaindlinJune 2, 2020critical thinking, police, politics, semiotics, social justice, BLMComment

Link Roundup: Quarantine Edition

Quarantine is weird.

Valerie ShaindlinApril 9, 2020Kardashians, celebrity, social justice, prison, scamming, true crime, Mormonism, alt-right, writing, Janelle Monae, homelessness, sex, reading, UgandaComment

Link Roundup: Slippery Storytelling, the Ferrante Four, & Settler Fragility

Today’s Link Roundup includes the slippery, seductive power of podcasts; finding the Ferrante four; why are young people having so little sex?; transformative justice; settler fragility; and more.

Valerie ShaindlinJanuary 8, 2019Ferrante, fiction, reading, podcasts, homelessness, diets, social justice, Climate Change, Anthony Bourdain, sex

Social Justice in LIS Instruction: A Reading List

This is a list of academic articles, books, libguides, monographs, and websites, all related to Social Justice in LIS Instruction. This list is a resource my friend Holiday and I shared with attendees of our round table discussion at the Hawaiʻi Library Association’s 2018 conference.

LibrarianValerie ShaindlinDecember 13, 2018social justice, instruction, education, library, librarian