Denisse

🎶 “Y hoy me levanté con gana' de abrazar a mami De janguear bien loco por Miami La felicidad me canceló una cita Pero siempre doy buena' vibra' por si alguien la' necesita” 🎶

"Sé fiel a lo que existe dentro de ti." André Gide 📷Noell Oszvald

Published earlier this year, this study explores how retention- especially for BIPOC librarians- in academic libraries is impacted by various factors. Let's rethink what functional retention really means and how we can better support our colleagues. 📚: lib.ucsd.edu/4fCEVa0

I still cackle when I think about this slide/part of the session, “all skinfolk ain’t kinfolk,” bringing into context Drake v Kendrick as an example! It was 🔥 “you not a colleague, you a f* colonizer,” felt that. #IDEAL2024

I was either delusional or very optimistic in thinking I would have enough time and energy to make a 2 o’clock workshop when my flight landed at one. 😂 I still managed to attend part of the workshop, make connections, and best of all, see my friends. What a welcome 🤗#IDEAL2024

Have you seen this recent headline? This is why I consistently advocate for women not internalizing everything that gets dropped into our laps, whether at work, at home, or in our relationships—it can make you sick, literally. My advice? 🧵👇🏾

Week of 7/14 in Virgo: You can tell the story as you want to. There are bears here. There is so much that is right before you. You can make it be as you wish to.

Excited to head to Toronto for #IDEAL2024 and a couple days of vacation! I’ve got my masks but the real challenge is going to be packing a full week worth of clothes and snacks into one checked bag. 🧳 😅

We're excited to announce the creation of the REFORMA National Book Award!🏆📚 The inaugural award will be presented at #RNCVIII next year! Apply to the 2024 Selection Committee or Submit a title nomination at reforma.org/book-award

I post this haunting Naomi Shihab Nye poem every 4th of July:

I don’t care what else Taraji said or did during the BET Awards, shout out to her for this

The Supreme Court is suppose to be largely A-political so the fact that a liberal Justice , Justice Sotomayor, is ending her opinion “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” Should scare the absolute shit out of you.

Took a mental health day today to celebrate. I’m finally rid of the most harmful person I’ve ever come across in my career. I’m focusing on healing now and celebrating my promotion to Associate Professor. Lots of stuff happening, lots to write about one day.

Worst person you know is somewhere saying “I’m passionate about uplifting communities”

update: they dead

Why do so many library directors/admin gaslight employees dealing with toxic supervisors/colleagues, instead of taking steps to ensure that toxic individuals are held accountable? Is employee morale and developing a genuinely collegial work environment not high on priorities?!

I guarantee you that some libraries waste thousands and thousands of dollars in HR/recruiting costs bc of one toxic supervisor/administrator bc their employees keep leaving bc of an unhealthy work environment. and HR makes it the employees problem. 🧐

📘 New Release! "Toxic Dynamics: Disrupting, Dismantling, and Transforming Academic Library Culture" by me, @tadawes & Jon E. Cawthorne. Dive into Chapter 1, Cari Didion's analysis of DEI challenges in academic libraries. Available now at the ALA Bookstore! 📖