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Movie night again! We’re talking about the film Close-Up about a strange case of fraud in Iran surrounding a film director, made by a film director who was part of the events because he wanted to make a movie about it. The layers!

Media Mentioned

https://web.archive.org/web/20120322165628/http://www.projectorhead.in/one/closeup.html

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1492-close-up-prison-and-escape

https://sabzian.be/text/%E2%80%9Cambient-genocide%E2%80%9D

This week we’re doing a news roundup on book bans. We also cover Gaza protests and radical literature as police propaganda, and what library workers can do to archive and support the current protests.

Media mentioned

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/16/library-legislation-restrictions-protections/

https://x.com/librarypunk/status/1786563891893342537 

LFP Vendor Scorecard: https://github.com/alisonLFP/libraryfreedominstitute/blob/master/LFI2/finalprojects/Library%20Freedom-%20Vendor%20Scorecard-%20110719.pdf

https://litwinbooks.com/books/feminist-pedagogy-for-library-instruction/ 

VandeBurgt, M. M., Rodgers, B. M., & Brown, K. (2021). Testimonies: The rewards and challenges of letting their voices be heard. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 47(5), 102420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2021.102420

Journal of Radical Librarianship https://journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/issue/view/12 

Related: http://radicalreference.info/

Baltimore Uprising: A Teen Epistolary: https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/59859/ 

Youtube Video Downloader Justin Recommends: https://www.4kdownload.com/-54

https://archive.ph/

https://climatemirror.org/

https://github.com/iipc/awesome-web-archiving

https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/  

https://soundcloud.com/poddamnamerica/the-problem-with-spotify-w-steve-albini 

Zines and Distros

https://linktr.ee/mbtadistro 

https://haters.noblogs.org/zines/ 

https://www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines/ 

https://www.autistici.org/fugitivedistro/ 

We’re talking with Ana Valens! Internet culture, learning about yourself, and vtubing. 

https://twitter.com/acvalens 

Readings

Tumblr Porn by Ana Valens (Remember the Internet, Vol. 1): https://instarbooks.itch.io/tumblr-porn-by-ana-valens-remember-the-internet-vol-1 

Trans Women and Smut: The 4 Worst Tropes From Porn Artists | [Sex Ed Video Essay]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jf_aLAuCtE 

Why Don't Games Journalists Cover Adult Games? It's Complicated. And Getting Worse.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m8C_gkvXGA 

Public sex is at the center of a queer culture war: https://cashmeremag.com/public-sex-lgbtq-845525/ 

Pixiv's NSFW Ban In The US & UK, Explained — And Why DLSite Still Doesn't Have MasterCard & Visa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMdpWC-ReIA 

Media mentioned

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-kill-the-couple-in-your-head

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/trans-bodies-trans-selves-9780199325351

https://opendistro.net/

In an ep to coincide with the release of Infra Finder, we’re joined by Chrys and Lauren from Invest in Open Infrastructure to talk about the release, open source challenges, IT supply chains, and more!

https://investinopen.org/

https://infrafinder.investinopen.org

https://investinopen.org/blog/blog-introducing-infra-finder/

 Reasonable Costs projects: https://investinopen.org/blog/the-cost-and-price-of-public-access-to-research-data/

http://investinopen.org/blog/infra-finder-your-hub-for-finding-infrastructure-services-enabling-open-research-and-scholarship

Media mentioned

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science: https://www.unesco.org/en/open-science/about?hub=686

Nelson Memo: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-access-Memo.pdf

Holden Memo: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

Gates Foundation Open Access Policy: https://openaccess.gatesfoundation.org/

https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/ending-profiteering-from-publicly-funded-research/ 

https://www.heliosopen.org/

https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/

https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/scholarly-publishing/uc-open-access-policies-background/presidential/

We’re talking with Quill and RiotDad about the community side of the response to the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and local school board issues surrounding transmisia, book bans in school and public libraries, and how to push back. Salary petition, board email/phone, and template email are in the notes.

Email [email protected] (Template email below)

Trustees phone contact: 360-906-5011

Attend meetings through FVRL website fvrl.org/board/trustees 

Sign petition for FVRL staff salaries: https://www.change.org/p/it-s-time-fvrlibraries-pay-your-staff-a-living-wage?original_footer_petition_id=34850778&algorithm=promoted&grid_position=5&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uABhQQQIAAAAAZbwMe%2FqWz6hhNDJhOWQwNw%3D%3D 

Readings

https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/dec/06/opposition-to-drag-queen-story-hours-roils-fvrlibraries/ 

FVRL Board Meeting 2/20/2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_r6NqOlEi0 

• FVRL employees testimony

https://keepthelibrarysafeforchildren.com/author/keepthelibrary/

Librarian Calls Police On Mom (Olga Hodges)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqqg-TBqPw0

2023 voters pamphlet (page 50)

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG 

Email template for FVRL Board of Trustees

Dear Board of Trustees,

I am writing to express my ongoing support for the Fort Vancouver Regional Library (FVRL) and its commitment to inclusivity for queer and trans community members. Members of the community have inspired me by attending Board meetings to counter misinformation regarding the Drag Queen Story Hour and other LGBTQ+ materials. I applaud their dedication and now wish to add my voice in their support.

Also, during a recent meeting, dedicated FVRL employees and WPEA union members shared their struggles with low wages and an unsustainable workload due to high staff turnover. Starting salaries at minimum wage and capped wages force many to live in poverty. Employees are burdened with performing duties outside their job descriptions simply to keep branches functioning.

I stand with these employees and the WPEA. I urge the Board to take immediate action to:

• Address the wage disparity by offering fair compensation commensurate with the cost of living.

Furthermore, I encourage the Board to:

• Uphold the freedom of information by ensuring diverse materials representing all communities are readily available.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

[Your Name/Group Name]

Movie night. We’re learning about the cutting edge of postmodernist impact from the Internet in 2016. 

Media mentioned

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275828/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_and_Behold,_Reveries_of_the_Connected_World

https://walkerart.org/magazine/minnesota-declaration-truth-documentary-cinema-1999/ 

https://walkerart.org/magazine/werner-herzog-minnesota-declaration-2017-addendum 

https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-untold-story-three-young-hackers-web-killing-monster/ 

https://qz.com/778747/an-early-internet-pioneer-says-the-construction-of-the-web-is-crippling-our-thinking

https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectroBOOM/comments/1772skr/server_room_goals/

https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/04/24/the-ecstatic-truth

This week we’re joined by Derya of the WPEA to talk about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and the library staff represented by the union fighting for a living wage. Check the notes to see how you can help support them!

https://nwlaborpress.org/2024/03/low-paid-librarians-fed-up-in-vancouver/ 

https://www.thestand.org/2024/02/take-action-raises-for-sw-washington-librarians-overdue/  (article #1)

FVRL Board: Pay your library workers livable wages! (thestand.org)   (article #2-following the action)

Media mentioned

Joe Clement did this piece on the Old Mole Radio Variety Hour, and it contains research resources as well as public testimony audio captured from Nerissa, Carmen, Abbie, and Derya from the latest Board meeting on March 18.

https://truthout.org/articles/public-private-partnerships-are-quietly-hollowing-out-our-public-libraries/

https://www.lsslibraries.com/

https://twitter.com/wylie_alan 

FVRL Board Meeting 2/20/2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_r6NqOlEi0 

Old Mole Variety Hour on libraries upcoming April 8 https://kboo.fm/media/120834-old-mole-variety-hour-april-8-2024 

Contact the FVRL Board

The problem and the solution are simple: Fort Vancouver Regional Library workers are grossly underpaid, and they must be paid a living wage.

We are asking the community at large to speak up for libraries by telling the FVRL Board to approve the allocation of funds to ensure the dignity of a living wage for all FVRL workers. 

• Sign petition https://www.change.org/p/it-s-time-fvrlibraries-pay-your-staff-a-living-wage?original_footer_petition_id=34850778&algorithm=promoted&grid_position=5&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uABhQQQIAAAAAZbwMe%2FqWz6hhNDJhOWQwNw%3D%3D 

More information

Flyer https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GQRWWVlrgZURJXOtSagHEcVoE0H-5j6f/view?usp=sharing

Infographic https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MO9qZroV4NVwWnz7MTQfY4ElBg5nnzX-/view?usp=sharing

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG 

We’re talking about Jon’s upcoming book on Bloch and how libraries are or are not models of utopia. 

Pre-order Jon's book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/primer-utopian-philosophy-ernst-bloch

Horror Vanguard: https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500 

Media mentioned

https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/

https://www.akpress.org/resist-everything-except-temptation.html

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/wilde-oscar/soul-man/index.htm

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We’re talking about how the book sausage gets made! Publishing, publishers, libraries, horror, queerness, and maybe even some literal human sausage making. 

https://twitter.com/david_demchuk

https://bsky.app/profile/daviddemchuk.com

https://hazlitt.net/feature/where-monsters-are-made

Media mentioned

Cruising (1980) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080569/ 

Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke https://ericlarocca.com/about

Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt, Cuckoo. https://twitter.com/scumbelievable

Hailey Piper, https://www.haileypiper.com/ 

Joe Koch, https://horrorsong.blog/

Suzan Palumbo, https://suzanpalumbo.wordpress.com/

Feeding Hannibal: A Connoisseur's Cookbook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feeding-hannibal-janice-poon/1123457647

Tender Is the Flesh https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tender-Is-the-Flesh/Agustina-Bazterrica/9781982150921 

On the Line: New Gay Fiction https://www.amazon.com/Line-New-Gay-Fiction/dp/0895940493

Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

The Borrowers

Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

Rosemary’s Baby

Thomas Trion, The Other 

The Haunting of Hill House

Gerard Boesche, Feral

The Stepford Wives

The Exorcist

John Updike

John Cheever

Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint

Margaret Atwood, Life Before Man, A Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace

David’s favourite contemporary queer/trans+ horror writers

Eric LaRocca

Gretchen Felker-Martin

Hailey Piper

Joe Koch

Suzan Palumbo

Adam Pottle

Allison Rumfitt

Lee Mandelo

1. Kingfisher

A.C. Wise

Sam J. Miller

Ashley Deng

Jordan Shiveley

Nino Cipri

Chuck Tingle

This week we’re talking to the world’s greatest author, what else is there to say? 

Chuck’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chucktingle

Media mentioned

TLA post by Chuck: https://www.tumblr.com/drchucktingle/739065274126499840/the-texas-library-association-tells-chuck-tingle