Favorite Librarian, the Podcast

Join Your Favorite Librarian for the first episode of her official podcast. Throughout the weeks, explore great pieces of literature, ways to gain greater insight about yourself, apply what you read and explore what you enjoy.
This week, Your Favorite Librarian encourages readers to define and explore what they love as the first step to refining your or crafting a love for reading. If you know or can define what you love, exploring your interests will surely be an adventure.
When you open a book, you gain access to communities, cultures, and histories around you. You are not alone when you read-- there is something for you.
For more information on great Black or Queer Literature out favoritelibrarian.com or Instagram: @favoritelibrarian.

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This week, Your Favorite Librarian shares her world with readers.
Follow along for some thrilling updates about Your Librarian, insightful nuggets of wisdom about Librarianship, and great Black Literature suggestions. Your Favorite Librarian shares her world and what fuels her motivation, and evolution.
Among the new changes, some things remain the same... ways of recharging, dancing, and specific genres of interest. This week’s reading suggestion is “You Are Not Alone” by Grammy nominated artist Alphabet Rockers, and illustrated by Ashley Evans.
Remember friends, you are not alone... There is a book out there for you. Continue reading! For more information on this week’s episode, check out favoritelibrarian.com.

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This week, enjoy Episode Fourteen with Your Favorite Librarian as she continues the conversation about "Measure of Authenticity. This episode is broken into two portions for readers to properly examine and are, also, paired with great titles to support any reader's discovery.
Scars are Beautiful: Unresolved Trauma and Reclaiming Black Beauty

• Healing Legacies of Trauma and Abuse in the Queer Community
• Masculine of Centre, Seeking Her Refined Femme
• Just Not Beautiful Enough... balance, attention, care, effort and specialness

Provided Examples of Great Black Illustrators: Ashley Evans, Floyd Cooepr, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Frank Morrison, Vashti Harrison, Jerry Pinkney, Ashley Evans, Nina Crews, AG Evans, Ebony Glenn and Kadir Nelson to name a few.

Community Organizing or Organized: Natural Position of Allyship

• Authentic voices and contributions of the Black Experience
• Black Freedom Under a White Gaze
• Depictions of Beauty and Identity reflect command standards and measure of cultural excellence
• Health and wellness for all representations of Blackness
  • Black Skin and the environment
  • Go Pro or Stay Home... Affordability, Accessibility and Type of Skin Care Providers
  • Defining common and specific skin conditions

Check out this week's reading suggestion and check out favoritelibrarian.com
"Feminist Weed Farmer:Growing Mindful Medicine in Your Own Back Yard" by Madrone Stewart
"Black Skin: The Definitive Skincare Guide" by Dija Ayodele

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Librarians are gatekeepers... not groomers.
As local libraries have become a major political and cultural battleground— librarians around the country are put in the crosshairs. Join this discussion with Forrest, Your Favorite Librarian, exploring this time of uncertainty.
From librarians and media specialists being fired, Proud Boys protesting Drag Queen story times, books being taken out of public and academic libraries to rightwing extremist and conservative groups working together to strength their argument of Queer and People of Color literature in school and libraries.
Broken down into 4 portions and paired with "I Have Always Been Me" by Precious Brady-Harris, jump into this controversial topic with Forrest.
1. Public and Academic Libraries
2. Supporting Queer Librarians and Librarians
3. Access to Books
4. What Can I do: Combating Conservative Censorship Craze and Book Bans
Check out the memoir from Precious Brady-Davis-- one of Your Favorite Librarian's favorite memoirs of this year. From her journey in Omaha, her work in the community and her beautiful love story with Myles.
Organizations and great groups to support that collectively work to combat efforts to limit Queer and People of Color books, and resources. Stay tuned to tips on how to join the collective fight against public and any effort to limit Queer literature, or support Queer authors.
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This "phantom season" consists of b-roll and other, new audio recordings of Forrest, Favorite Librarian. Without a script or outline, see what is on Forrest's mind, heart and current reading list.
Check out "Sexuality and Black Church: A Womanist Perspective" by Kelly Brown Douglas and while you're at it also check out "Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where Black Meets Queer" by Kathryn Bond Stockton and "Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future" by Brandi Collins-Dexter.
Walk through this informal conversation with Forrest, a whole hour with Your Favorite Librarian.
Until Season 3's release in June 2024, continue reading and check out all episodes of Favorite Librarian, the Podcast everywhere-- on all streaming platforms. Stay connected on Instagram at @FavoriteLibrarian or www.favoritelibrarian.com.
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