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Volume 2, Resources 2: Covid-19 Vaccine, My Bookshop, and Accessibility
January 22, 2021
Hi friends! This week is a resource week but I have a little housekeeping to take care of first, which is to tell you about my Bookshop storefront! You can...
Volume 2, Issue 2: I'm Allergic to Our Current Reality
Premium post · January 15, 2021
Hi friends! I have been incredibly itchy the past week or so, from my scalp to my toes. It got to the point where I would have my camera off during work...
Volume 2, Resources 1: Series Finale of America & Setting Your Phone Down
January 8, 2021
Hi friends! As I said recently on Twitter: Tart of Darkness @theinfophileJust thinkin' 'bout all the people who were acting like the year 2020 was the...
Volume 2, Issue 1: You Can Do the Thing
Premium post · January 1, 2021
Hi friends! New year, same me! Time is arbitrary! That being said, it’s nice to have some kind of marker of when I am starting working on a project, goal, or...
Volume 1, Special Issue: Goal Setting for 2021 and New Year's Traditions
Premium post · December 26, 2020
Hi friends! In an effort to respect your boundaries, I have some advice and tips on setting goals for 2021 in this separate special issue. I will also talk...
Volume 1, Issue 23: You Are Enough
Premium post · December 25, 2020
Hi friends! If you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! Otherwise, Happy Friday! I know that today can be especially hard for some of us so I’m going to...
Volume 1: The Infophile's Must-Read Books of 2020
December 18, 2020
Edit on 2/5/21: I have removed Amazon links and all links are now Bookshop affiliate links. Hi friends! This is the penultimate 2020 issue of Enthusiastic...
Volume 1, Resources 22: 2020 Book Concierge & Ways to Do Some Good
December 11, 2020
Hi friends! First of all, Happy Hanukkah! I have it in my head that I’m going to try to make latkes from scratch for the first time using the recipe I...
Volume 1, Issue 22: On Inclusion
Premium post · December 4, 2020
Hi friends! My red prayer plant was sitting on top of a bookcase, as happy as can be, but then got too heavy and snapped herself in multiple places. So, one...
Volume 1, Special Issue: Make Black Friday Black
November 27, 2020
Hi friends! Today was supposed to be a post that digs deep, as is the every-other-week pattern; however, I am going to change things up a bit. This year...
Volume 1, Resources 21: Zoom with Abandon & Mail with Braille
November 20, 2020
Hi friends! First of all: HOLY SHIT, A COUPLE OF YOU SENT ME MAIL TO MY P.O. BOX!!! I checked it the other day and I was expecting disappointment and a...
Volume 1, Issue 21: So Many Thoughts, So Little Me
Premium post · November 13, 2020
Hi friends! How’s everyone doing? It feels like an entire lifetime worth of news cycles has happened since my last newsletter. It’s Friday the 13th which is...
Volume 1, Resources 20: This Week Has Been The Longest Year
November 6, 2020
Hi friends! This week. Wow. gif of elderly Rose from the film “Titanic.” She is saying, “It’s been eighty-four years” So I had a pretty great plan for self-...
Volume 1, Issue 20 1/2: Special Issue for Election Day Prep
November 2, 2020
Hi friends! There are a couple of things that just can’t wait until Friday’s newsletter. First of all, I wanted to stress the importance of making a self-...
Volume 1, Issue 20: Let's Help Future Us
Premium post · October 30, 2020
Hi friends! First a quick note: this newsletter has a fancy new url and can be found at www.theinfophile.com. Happy Halloween! My favorite holiday though...
Volume 1, Resources 19: Feminist Book Rec & Self-Compassion
October 23, 2020
Hi friends! At the time of writing this newsletter, I am still riding the high of my last weekend at FIYAHCON, the first convention put on by Fiyah Literary...
Volume 1, Issue 19: On Breathing
Premium post · October 16, 2020
When I was a child, one of my aunties would have strategically placed post-it notes throughout her flat. They’d be on walls, cabinets, bookcases, and mirrors...
Volume 1, Resources 18: Covid-19 White House Data Viz, iChill, & Stopping a Coup
October 9, 2020
Hi friends! I’m writing this the night of the VP debate here in the U.S. Today at work, my manager asked if I was going to watch the debate. My response was,...
Volume 1, Issue 18: I Do Not Have a Dream Job
Premium post · October 2, 2020
Hi friends! I don’t know about you but I am finding it increasingly difficult to be motivated to do anything right now. Work. Get out of bed. Reply to texts...
Volume 1, Resources 17: Vowing Not to Burn Out, Tea & Empathy Cards, & 50 Ways to Reach Out
September 25, 2020
Hi friends! What Ashley C. Ford says in this Instagram post is a lot of what I’m feeling: smashfizzleI don’t have advice for you. Lots of people much smarter...
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