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Have you seen the new movie? It's on library. It's literally on the library. It's on library without ads. It's literally on your local public library. You can probably ask for it on your library. Dude it's on your library. It's in the original case too. It's on library. You can watch it at the library. You can go to your local library and watch it. Register onto your local library right now. Go to your library. Dive into your library. You can watch it. It's on there. Your library has it for you. Your library has it for you.
Have you seen your post? You can see it at library. It's at library. It's on the library staff cabinet. It got printed out on paper and put up on Library.
Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.
Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.
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I work at a library. We do this thing where, every so often, we weed the collection. It hurts to see books go, but it's necessary to make sure there's room in the library for new materials.
I have seen so much support for the library in text, and I've seen folks pass around those beautiful "queer your library" flyers. Keep doing that. That's great. Nothing wrong with that. But you HAVE to turn your words into action. We MUST remember to actually go to our local organizations and libraries and actually, with our own fucking hands, interact with these materials we want to see more of.
My branch is medium-sized for a library, maybe a little small. We don't have as many materials as I'd like, but we have fundamentals. Tell me why, even with all the verbal support I've gotten from my local community for the library as a resource for our LGBT+ community, every single trans biography and a good chunk of our vaguely queer theory books were on the list. This isn't a scheme to take the books off the shelves, it isn't another bigoted American governmental push. The only thing we look at when we weed is how long it's been since the last time the item was checked out.
Three years.
No one in my community interacted in any meaningful way with the few books on trans life and history we physically had on the shelves for three fucking years.
I promise you the materials you want and need are there, but this isn't a horde. This isn't a static safety net. You have to use them. You MUST use them or, in the future, maybe in three years, they *won't* be there anymore.
This isn't a vague post, there's no one person I'm hinting at or calling out. I'm not even talking directly to anyone who's directly in my line of sight. I just want everyone to hear this. Big library, small library, whatever. Doesn't matter. Please, we cannot be losing our shelf visibility like this.
I work in a different library and can confirm, it's a decision based on popularity not censorship
we're big enough to have lots of shelf space but still have the problem on a different scale. We do have a back storage room rather than completely getting rid of some things, but having to ask for that might be a barrier for sensitive subject matter and prevent people from casually stumbling across something of interest
Yep. Different library worker here, we weeded adult non-fiction recently bc it's most rarely used and we needed to clear a bookshelf of space, and there were a decent number of queer books on the list. Thankfully not all of them, but some (we had a lot lol). Our criteria is also no borrows in 3yrs. I can't borrow the whole list by myself. I do try to get these books in, and the local authority are happy to buy them, but we need space for new books every so often and we can't keep everything forever! If you want them, you have to use them!
(incidentally, the whole list was 35 pages long, which... please borrow the books you want people)
I didn't have time to comment the first time I reblogged, but I can add now:
I'm also a librarian and queer books are almost always cut first when we have to weed for space or prioritize new releases over old items because no one reads them
I will say, when I worked at a large downtown location, we had a "browsing card" that we would check out items we found taken off the shelf and left on a table, as an example of a book that had clearly been read, just not checked out by anyone
it's possible queer books do actually get a bit of unfair treatment in this regard because people may be nervous or outright scared to check them out onto an account with their name on it. so they get browsed at a much higher rate, but if a library doesn't have a specific system in place (or need for it) to count browsed items, then it looks like they aren't being used and they get weeded
for other librarians, a browsing card is a great idea if you have enough staff for the extra work / enough items left out to justify it
for patrons, check out queer books even if you don't read them! you're not lying or committing any type of fraud. you're keeping books on the shelf long enough for pride season when people are interested in checking them out again and for people scared to use their own accounts or who don't have library cards
for anyone nervous about using their library card, libraries do not keep search histories of what you check out!! this means even if the government does come back with a warrant, *wet farting noise* too bad! it doesn't exist!
I have to wonder how often they aren't checked out because those in an exploratory period may not feel safe enough for them to go home with them, too. Kids, for example, or folks who have ended up in a het marriage that... Doesn't feel like it's quite right (or may be physically abusive).
This is most definitely one of the causes of this. That's why it's so important for folks who *can* to *do*.
It feels like such a small thing, but all movements are made up of small things! We have this mindset that in order to get everything done, everyone must be doing their (or *the*) absolute best at all times. But not everyone can do the same things, to the same degree, with the same amount of productivity or success. Not everyone can; sometimes, they're the ones that need help. Sometimes people just need help.
This post is very much so intended for the people who can. I've seen a lot of replies from folks who say they don't have to (or don't think about) checking out or requesting queer books from the library specifically because they *can* buy them, can pirate them, or already have them in their house or on their computers or phones. But in instances like that, keeping these books in circulation is less for you and more for the people who can't. The folks who come to the library, who don't have access to internet--or even electricity--at home and would never--have never--been able to interact with this "ubiquitous queer community" we have here online who has made so many of these. materials so avaliable to the rest of us.
And... if I can be a little frank. Sometimes the hyperaccessibility of these materials online (through pirating, cheap e-book copies, etc) gives people a false sense of security. It implies that these things are an infinate resource, good for "When I get around to it".
And often, you won't. There's so much to read and so much to do. So much to download and so much to sit down and stare at for hours. That kind of mental scope puts books in people's hands (or phones), but never in their heads.
But the moment your favorite document archival site gets knocked offline for breaching copyright or your go-to mega corporate audiobook distributor decides it doesn't want "those" materials anymore, what's left? What did you download? What information did you internalize? Did you ever get around to it? If you did, great, but what good does that do for the person who didn't? Are you going to be the one to redistribute that information? Are you going to communicate it in the place of the author whose words are no longer publically accesible or, mostly avaliable, but only behind hefty paywalls and financial gatekeeping? How would someone else get a hold of it? How could they, if they wanted?
Gosh... there's so many options. I wouldn't know where to start without knowing who I'm talking to and what they're looking for. What I can recommend is for folks to check out creators like @makingqueerhistory who have spent just a ridiculously beautiful amount of time collecting queer history and book lists! You'll find something in seconds reading their page.
Personal pitch: I liked the books Tar Hollow Trans and Gay Poems for Red States. Both great.
I'm glad I was tagged in this because it means I can cosign (and also add a little nugget of info).
I live in a province that is currently trying to ban queer books from libraries, and as a library patron, this is terrifying. 95% of the books I read are from the library and a lot of them are way out of my budget to buy personally.
Making Queer History would not exist without the school library I skipped class in to write articles. It would not exist without my friends with library cards for their universities sharing them and getting me access to rare texts. I would not be able to read as much as I do without Libby and Hoopla. If I have ever given you a book recommendation, know that I likely got it from the library first.
I cannot overstate the importance of protecting libraries and checking out queer books. And I want to say thank you to everyone above for being as passionate as I am about queer books in libraries.
i don't really want to weight in on the "using big words in your writing is ableist" discourse happening on tiktok because i'm like 90% certain it's an anti-intellectual psyop to stir up drama in online circles to promote the use of ai to summarize literally everything and thus feeding the LLMs and lowering the populace's mistrust of such tools but i also have to say: dictionaries and thesauruses are the most accessible they've ever been. if you use an e-reader of any kind you can look up a word without leaving the page. there's a plethora of online dictionaries and if you just type a word + "meaning" into google it'll usually give you a definition. we used to have pocket dictionaries we used when reading in class. i have two on my shelf right now that i used in high school. stop letting the fascists purposefully misuse anti-ableism rhetoric to trick you into never thinking again.
if you described the state of israel in a vacuum (using different names and words to describe jews, etc.) leftists would defend and openly admire it with unprecedented passion
For thousands of years, this people endured exile under successive imperial powers that conquered their homeland. Wherever they fled, they faced persecution, expulsions, massacres, and systemic discrimination. These centuries of suffering culminated in the largest genocidal campaign ever directed against them, convincing many that no degree of assimilation would ever guarantee acceptance or safety. As such, a movement for self-determination emerged, seeking the re-establishment of a nation-state in their ancestral homeland.
The founders of this new state pledged that it would be inclusive and open to all its inhabitants. Yet many descendants of the settlers who had established themselves in the land opposed the return of this displaced people, pressuring the colonial authorities to restrict immigration and resettlement. Eventually, the last colonial power chose to withdraw despite repeated mediation efforts. Upon its departure, neighbouring states allied with these settlers in an attempt to destroy the newly declared nation-state. They failed.
Today, this democratic state remains largely secular. Some descendants of those settlers not only hold full citizenship, but also occupy prominent positions within government, law, academia, and public life. In the interest of regional stability and coexistence, the state has even continued to prioritise the religion of these settlers in the administration and access arrangements surrounding one of the regionâs most sacred holy sites.
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some people will be like âI wonder why fanfic writers donât share their works anymoređâ and then this is them when a writer is kind enough to share something they write â as a hobby, for their own enjoyment â with them for free.
some people really donât realize how privileged they are that they get fanfics for free. imagine having access to something for free because someone is kind enough to share it with you⌠and then being rude, entitled and an ungrateful pos to that person who was kind enough to share their creation with you for free
âalmost 1 year is a lil too much for meâ fuck off. fanfic writers donât owe you anything. one of my favorite fics was updated after 13 years, and what I did is that I thanked the author for choosing to continue the work, I didnât act like a spoiled toddler by asking why they didnât update sooner. and even if a writer chooses to abandon their fic permanently with no explanation, that is their choice, their hobby, their decision. they donât owe your entitled ass anything.
you people let tiktok rot your brains to the point you see everything as content farm and engagement. not a piece of art created by the artistâs love and passion. itâs dystopian.
âWhy donât you use aiâ idk man beyond the obvious environmental and âthis machine causes psychosis and encourages people to kill themselvesâ thing I think asking the equivalent of a solid D student who is also a pathological liar if they can answer my question/do the work for me seems pretty fucking stupid
reblog this if youâre jewish or your blog is a safe space for jewish people
in light of recent events as well as a new rise in creating nazi ocs I think this post is an important one to have on your blog if you stand behind your jewish followers or are jewish yourself.
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I think it's embarrassing how attached antizionists are to magneto. Like ignore the metaphor and inspiration behind him for a sec. The man is quite literally canonically a Holocaust survivor who lost his daughter to a pogrom in Europe after war and then made Aliyah to Israel where he then lived for some time in Haifa. Like this is textual basic canon. What in the world
i think their idea of what a "genocide" is is vibes based because magneto is... while he is dear to me as a type of story about rage and self-sufficiency that is valuable narratively, he's pretty much a kahanist
His narrative villain to antihero arc (the one that took him from leader of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to a guy who regularly teaches at Xavier's school) as envisioned by Chris "gave him his backstory and motivation" Clairmont was literally based on Memachem Begin's own IRL arc from Likud-founding Greater Israel-desiring far right nationalist to the guy who signed the Camp David accords. He's still openly a mutant zionist seeking to create mutant israel where mutants can flee to when their birth nation invariably betrays them, he just wants to establish it peacefully and with rights and respect for nonmutants now instead of oceans of blood and conquest and revenge amd Silver Age theft schemes like before.
And the part of his career that antizionists deeply sympathize with is the Irgun-and-Herut-inspired blood and revenge part rather than the peaceful but mistrustful negotiation part.
People in Iran say they feel "betrayed" by the United States as it signs a deal with the Islamic Republic regime.
(Photo: Majid Asgaripour / Reuters)
Donald Trump told reporters in France he had signed the deal with Iran.
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Donald Trump says he has signed the Iran memorandum as he walks out of the Palace of Versailles.
(Photo: Michel Euler / Reuters)
Prices of everyday items have been soaring in Iran.
(Photo: Majid Asgaripour / Reuters)
People in Iran are "shattered" after the United States announced it had signed a deal with the Islamic Republic.
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âThey simply liedâ: Iranians left devastated as US signs deal with Islamic Republic regime they hoped would fall
Many Iranians who oppose the Islamic Republic regime say they feel "abandoned" and "betrayed" after the US and Iran struck a deal to end the war.
When launching the war, US President Donald Trump had urged Iranians to "rise up" against their government, hinting at his support for regime change, but he has now said he thinks the current leaders are "very smart".
The agreement gives the US and Iran up to 60 days to negotiate a final deal, with key issues including Iran's nuclear program and the future administration of the Strait of Hormuz to be ironed out in these talks.
The United States and the IRGC have both labelled this deal as a victory, but for Iranians who hoped for real change, it is a devastating loss.
Many Iranian people who spoke to ABC believe Islamic Republic regime crackdowns on dissent are again increasing, including executions and arrests.
Iran executed at least 1,639 people last year, according to a report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (EPCM).
"We, the unfortunate people of Iran, remain captives, abandoned and forgotten," Sahar said.
"No-one, absolutely no-one, cares about [us]."
By Tavleen Singh
ABC News - 19 June 2026
From inside Iran, citizens say they feel abandoned and forgotten as the United States signs a deal with the regime Washington launched a war
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