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How to use Essential Oils over the Holidays
How to use Essential Oils over the Holidays

Essential oils and the holidays are a match made in Christmas-tree heaven.

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FoodValerie ShaindlinDecember 4, 2018holidays, christmas, essential oils, oils, love, nutmeg, cassia, vanilla, doterra, wild orangeComment
Link Roundup: A Resistance Reading List, Trans Lit, & A.I.
Link Roundup: A Resistance Reading List, Trans Lit, & A.I.

Here are links to articles I’ve been meaning to read” trans lit, Elena Ferrante, a warning from Europe, against students, and more. Have you read any of these, and if so, what did you think? What’s on your to-read list?

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Valerie ShaindlinNovember 29, 2018reading list, booklist, trans, students, education, treason, resist, resistance, gender, literature, books, AI, Europe, politics, CBDComment
Contemplating Cataloging: Tuttle’s “Aphasia of Modern Subject Access”
Contemplating Cataloging: Tuttle’s “Aphasia of Modern Subject Access”

How can we distill the ‘aboutness’ of an item?

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LibrarianValerie ShaindlinNovember 27, 2018language, contemplating, cataloging, librarian, libraryComment
Link Roundup: Thanksgiving Myths, Harvard's Admissions Lawsuit, & CBD Everywhere
Link Roundup: Thanksgiving Myths, Harvard's Admissions Lawsuit, & CBD Everywhere

These links have been sitting in my inbox, waiting to be read: what we have wrong about Thanksgiving, a profile of Lorde, building a gender-free empire, and more.

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Valerie ShaindlinNovember 20, 2018link roundup, gender, Harvard, university, race, Thanksgiving, CBD, prison, nature
Link Roundup: A Secret Museum, Climate Realism, & More
Link Roundup: A Secret Museum, Climate Realism, & More

Links to interesting articles I’ve been meaning to read.

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Valerie ShaindlinNovember 14, 2018link roundup, #MeToo, Climate Change, ReadingComment
7 Free Books for Business Owners
7 Free Books for Business Owners

I was quoted in an article that went live yesterday; I recommended one of the books on the list, “7 Free Books Business/Startup Owners Should Read.”

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LibrarianValerie ShaindlinOctober 20, 2018reading list, reading recs, businessComment
Link Roundup: A Queen's Story, Pumpkin Spice and More
Link Roundup: A Queen's Story, Pumpkin Spice and More

Links to interesting articles I’ve been meaning to read.

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Valerie ShaindlinOctober 16, 2018intersectional feminism, pumpkin spice, serena williams, isaac asimov, link roundupComment
Searching for Women in the Icelandic Archives
Searching for Women in the Icelandic Archives

Women are underrepresented in archives, but it can be difficult to locate their information, even if it exists somewhere in the records.

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LibrarianValerie ShaindlinOctober 10, 2018librarian, iceland, Reykjavik Comment
Soft Rock / Alt Yoga Playlist
Soft Rock / Alt Yoga Playlist

A soft rock yoga playlist I made.

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YogaValerie ShaindlinOctober 8, 2018playlist, music, yoga, soft rock, jams, yoga playlistComment
On Belonging
On Belonging

Read the article I wrote for the Thirlby.

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WritingValerie ShaindlinOctober 3, 2018writingComment
Fall 2018 Yoga Classes
Fall 2018 Yoga Classes

Get the information on my Fall classes.

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YogaValerie ShaindlinOctober 1, 2018yoga, classes Comment
Ten-Year Anniversary of Adulthood
Ten-Year Anniversary of Adulthood

Thoughts as I celebrate the ten-year anniversary of my official entry into adulthood.

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WritingValerie ShaindlinSeptember 18, 2018adulthood, writing, transitions, growthComment
Link Roundup: Nostalgic Novelists, Radical Experiments, and More
Link Roundup: Nostalgic Novelists, Radical Experiments, and More

Links to interesting articles I’ve been meaning to read.

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Valerie ShaindlinSeptember 17, 2018link roundup, reading, reading recs, reading list, articlesComment
Upstate New York Roadtrip Reading List
Upstate New York Roadtrip Reading List

A geographically-specific reading list for a trip to Upstate New York.

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LibrarianValerie ShaindlinSeptember 17, 2018new york, reading recs, reading list, to read, feminism, suffrage, upstate new york, travel, feminist booksComment
Link Roundup: Epic Tales, Bitch-Approved Films, and More
Link Roundup: Epic Tales, Bitch-Approved Films, and More

Links to interesting articles I’ve been meaning to read.

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Valerie ShaindlinSeptember 16, 2018link roundup, reading recs, reading listComment
Link Roundup: Supporting Your Local Library, a History of Violence, & Who Owns Genetic Data?
Link Roundup: Supporting Your Local Library, a History of Violence, & Who Owns Genetic Data?

Links to articles for browsing during airport delays, boring work days, or lounging at the beach.

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Valerie ShaindlinSeptember 15, 2018articles, to read, reading listComment
My All-Time Favorite Soda
My All-Time Favorite Soda

With a little Caribbean flare.

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FoodValerie ShaindlinSeptember 15, 2018good, food, soda, ting, mr. q, caribbean food, jamaica
Book Review: Jane Austen at Home
Book Review: Jane Austen at Home

Read my review of Jane Austen at Home, by Lucy Worsley.

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LibrarianValerie ShaindlinSeptember 13, 2018women authors, jane austen, books, book reviewComment
Reading List for A Japan Trip
Reading List for A Japan Trip

A booklist for the person on their way to visit beautiful Japan.

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LibrarianValerie ShaindlinSeptember 13, 2018japan, reading list, reading, books, travel, booklistComment
What I Ate Wednesday, Hawaii Style
What I Ate Wednesday, Hawaii Style

Check out the guest article I wrote for Jessica Cording Nutrition.

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Writing, FoodValerie ShaindlinSeptember 12, 2018wiaw, food, ma'o farmsComment
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