Hey OP!

Hey OP!

I'm not active much on this tumblr but am around the tumblr space but if you wanted help creating a punk library or zine or even a google doc of resources please let me know!

Something about the way bibliopunk/punk academia is treated on here Bugs Me and I think it can be best summed up as this:

You can't just throw the "punk" descriptor onto whatever you like and call it an aesthetic

Punk is not an aesthetic

Punk is a mindset, it's a philosophy-- it's a rebellion against societal systems

When I say bibliopunk, I don't mean sweater vests and old library photos and quotes from classics.

Bibliopunk, to me, a punk librarian, is about freedom of information. It's about making sure everyone and anyone can have the resources they need to learn, whatever that means for them. It's no late fees and fighting against censorship. It's defunding the police and funding community resource centers that specialize in making sure there's a place where people can go to ask for help, to read books on any subject they can think of, to connect with events and organizations that exist to help THEM. It's about making zines and learning how to bookbind, because fuck the idea that traditional publishing and Amazon are the only people that can make something a book.

Punk academia, which is used colloquially here, is related to this-- it's saying fuck the academic systems that keep out the poor, the people of color, and the disabled. Fuck your Ivy Leagues, education is whatever the hell you make it. College should be free, classes should be accessible WITHOUT being forced to give up all of your personal financial and health information, curriculums need to include as many varying perspectives as they can because fuck the idea that a cishet abled white man is the authority on any given topic.

Bibliopunk, punk academia, and any other Tumblr "aesthetic" with the punk descriptor is not just a moodboard of photos you stole from Pinterest.

Because what's more punk than a public library?

24/06/2023

Hello lovelies!

University is complete but the work doesn't stop! I've been brushing up on some books i got from a beloved book shelter near me that sadly closed. Managing the One-Person Library was one of those and has given me a good glimpse into the categorisation, organisation and delegation of tasks within a library!

Drinking a weird blend of ceylon and darjeeling tea that i nicked from work so that's why it looks like there's a void in my cup lol.

How are you guys? I hope that regardless of where you are that you are hydrated, warm and stealing at least one thing from your workplace :)

“intelligent and precocious as a child, you’re now wracked with anxiety and constantly plagued by imposter syndrome.“

in honour of me getting a new library card today, taking my total of free library cards to 5:

i love you local library <3

i love you small library in my hometown <3

i love you nsw state library <3

i love you australian national library <3

i love you local library in the uk <3

i love you university library which is open to everyone <3

Stealing this idea from the last post I reblogged since it was from the pre-poll days

As always, reblog this so we can get better data

bungus