Researcher, writer, and editor interested in SciComm, museums, climate change, group dynamics, + systems of power. I also like nature things. She / her
Joined October 2021
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Re-upping a prior request: does anyone have good resources about alt-text for data viz? I'm trying to figure out how to balance straightforward description (which is almost unprocessable) with some more interpretive description...
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Protip: If you aren't an expert in an area & are asked for info on it (espec if it's abt race/racism/decolonization), there's no harm in saying "this isn't my area" pls refer to X, X, X scholars. Pls especially do this if you're yt & there are BIPOC experts working in these areas
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Alright, #AAM2022 Tweeps, while we're thinking about relevance & prof dev, here's some real talk about white supremacy culture embedded in the operations of our professional associations, including @aamers, via an of-the-moment case study w/ @EmpatheticMuse. A 🧵1/
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As Associate Editor of @CuratorJournal Please read & share widely this free Special Issue on the Museum Response to War Crimes. @AAMers @blackmuseumsemp @nempnetwork @aam_msn @icomus @DrexelAAML @incluseum onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…
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Despite a reckoning with the politics of citation, what the ways in which having Black citations have been instrumentalized as the academic equivalent of claiming to have a Black friend?
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Our team is growing. I’m hiring a Deputy Director for @museumhue. The salary is $85k. Learn more here. museumhue.com/hiring
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I’ve been following the pay discourse on this site for a while & think it’s important for the movement toward salary transparency (particularly vis a vis gender & race) to continue to grow, so here’s my account.. #internationalwomensday 1/
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Notice who else isn’t in the picture. It’s rarely ever just about the conservative hate for trans people. It's about their hate for all people who don't look, love, and live like them. It’s about maintaining the white supremacist utopia of their ancestors.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs the transgender athlete ban into law. Transgender girls and women will no longer be allowed to play women’s sports in Iowa schools and colleges. @IowaCapDispatch
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Just putting it out there: I will donate consultation to help your children's museum craft a statement in support of transgender children and their families.
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Know any BIPOC and/or queer librarians or people who work at libraries? I'm thinking about getting into this field and I'd love to talk about it with folks who share my some of my identities.
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jr academics can gain helpful skills by doing article reviewing for journals, but often are not asked, b/c editors don't know about them, if you'd like us to add you to our reviewer database @journalqd pls email [email protected] tx!
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My latest article, on how the pandemic and the George Floyd uprising shaped this wave of museum union organizing. @fklonsky
tinyurl.com/2s3wfeac
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Need help forming a union? The Art Institute workers are here to help!!!
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We all know this story.
Act 1: Person attempts to change institution from within.
Act 2: Crickets and/or gaslighting.
Act 3: Person goes public.
Act 4: Character assassination.
Let's aim for an Act 5 of solidarity & accountability, not inertia. #CorruptAtTheMuseum
Museum + Arts folks: pay attention to the situation at AMNH vs. @TheVelvetDays. This is about workers' rights, institutional power, public health...and human dignity
newsweek.com/museum-natural-…
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Really wonder how many prestigious longform magazines & some other big media outlets can cover the voting rights debacle with any integrity—given the lack of diversity in their own editorial ranks. 1/
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I’m devastated to learn about the tragedy in the Bronx today. For those who are able, there’s a GoFundMe to distribute to impacted families. Please contribute generously and share the link widely.
gofundme.com/f/relief-for-fa…
