Amy Pajewski

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  • ‘Diversity,’ feminized work, and other truth bombs at ACRL 2017

    Our profession is steeped in a murky racial and gendered history. When Roxane Gay came on stage, the first thing she said to us was “man, there’s a lot of white people in this room.” And, she’s right. Librarianship has been feminized and white ever since Melvil Dewey. You remember, the Dewey decimal system guy?…

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  • They drone on with their carriages talking about barbecues and babies while men stand proud. a pregnancy to feed their head. she says “I’ve resigned to the fact I’ll never have a moment to myself” and I think I’d choose life over barbecues any day.

  • poem

    You say you’re a Diplomat but I’ve traded in my blue books for cigarettes and barrettes, pretentious broads with platinum hair, and talks of horse trades.

  • Unmedicated again goin’ on two days now and you wonder why your brain is misfiring signals to imaginary cells, firing to nowhere no longer there. you say you’re not into changing your chemistry but you already tricked your body, a fickle apparatus but you can’t breathe without it. Heart palpitates, killing you. Suffocating.  Casting hallucinations…

  • PaLA 2011 conference notes (Sunday/Monday)

    So if you didn’t attend PaLA this year, don’t worry!  I’ve taken a few notes on my short stay in State College, PA.  Since I got there a little later on Sunday, I only went to two sessions.  Then, on Monday, I went to three sessions and presented my poster: “Changing perspectives, building careers: library…

  • Hey PaLA 2011!

    Fall weather, classes starting, and PaLA conference-time is in the air!   This year, I am presenting a poster with LibraryScenester called “Changing perspectives, building careers: library internships for undergrads.”  Learn how I (and other interns at Millersville University Library), gained invaluable experience and the motivation to continue further study in librarianship – so, be sure…