Dr. Elizabeth Headrick (Bluestocking)
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Digital Scholarship Librarian | Podcaster | Writer | Recently defended a dissertation podcast that examines the rhetoric of knowledge control and dissemination in academia through the lens of libraries in speculative fiction | she/her
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Okey dokey, it's officially time to move over here because that other site is just picking up speed on it's way down the hill. So, hi! I'm Elizabeth, I'm a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and I'm currently creating Anxiety in the Archives, my podcast dissertation.
Anxiety in the Archives: A Podcast Dissertation on Apple Podcasts
Education · 2023
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Since I seem to be gaining some new followers, I suppose now would be a good time to post a reminder that I recently completed a podcast dissertation about libraries and knowledge control. My focus is mainly on academia but I also bring in the current state of school and public libraries as well.
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I know there’s a lot going on but are we ever circling back to the Epstein Files?
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but are we ever circling back to the Epstein Files?
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
The president’s involvement with his best friend’s scheme of sex trafficking minors seems a little important
It's been over a year since I completed and defended my dissertation and in that time I have done absolutely nothing as regards to academic writing, including the 2 epilogue episodes I was going to do about my defense. I should probably get on that, though it feels like maybe it's time has passed.
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's been over a year since I completed and defended my dissertation and in that time I have done absolutely nothing as regards to academic writing, including the 2 epilogue episodes I was going to do about my defense. I should probably get on that, though it feels like maybe it's time has passed.
I mean, who among us? 🫠
Okay, to be fair I once tried to find two books in the (fictional) footnotes in House of Leaves
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I mean, who among us? 🫠
The library during finals week is always an odd place. It's quiet and seems low-key but there's such a frantic energy coming from everyone. It's like a buzzy, whispery, rustling buildup to a very quiet implosion and then it's just cold and quiet, until January starts it all over again.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The library during finals week is always an odd place. It's quiet and seems low-key but there's such a frantic energy coming from everyone. It's like a buzzy, whispery, rustling buildup to a very quiet implosion and then it's just cold and quiet, until January starts it all over again.
Our ILL service has been getting hit with a number of requests for sources that simply don't exist and y'all know it's only going to get worse 🫠
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Our ILL service has been getting hit with a number of requests for sources that simply don't exist and y'all know it's only going to get worse 🫠
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absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
absolutely monday pilled. i’m toil-maxxing. going drudgery mode. stumblecore. hitting my slog goals.
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Later: The reindeer were smuggling drugs so we shot them all down. No survivors. Be best.
Melania Trump: "Santa's reindeer -- Rudolph, Dasher, Comet, all of them -- they're resting in the North Pole. They need to save all of their energy for their great flight around the world on Christmas Eve. Santa told me they're snuggling beneath warm, fluffy blankets."
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Later: The reindeer were smuggling drugs so we shot them all down. No survivors. Be best.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
I also find it interesting that several academic publishers are straight up lying about the new NIH compliance. T&F is telling me that PMC only accepts open access articles, which is patently false. The truth is that T&F and other pubs want us to believe an exorbitant OA fee is the only option.
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I also find it interesting that several academic publishers are straight up lying about the new NIH compliance. T&F is telling me that PMC only accepts open access articles, which is patently false. The truth is that T&F and other pubs want us to believe an exorbitant OA fee is the only option.
I've been working with academic publications and open access for almost 8 years now but until yesterday I was totally unaware that the journal Nature charges $12,690.00 to publish an article as open access. TWELVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS, Y'ALL.
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I've been working with academic publications and open access for almost 8 years now but until yesterday I was totally unaware that the journal Nature charges $12,690.00 to publish an article as open access. TWELVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS, Y'ALL.
So, the NIH updated their policy and did away with the 12-mo embargo on Author Accepted Manuscripts in PubMed, which is great. I love that. What i don't love is that the big academic publishers are using this as a way to extort absolutely ludicrous open access fees... (1/7)
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
So, the NIH updated their policy and did away with the 12-mo embargo on Author Accepted Manuscripts in PubMed, which is great. I love that. What i don't love is that the big academic publishers are using this as a way to extort absolutely ludicrous open access fees... (1/7)
It’s been 8 years since I busted any library ghosts but this felt like a good time for a reboot. #halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s been 8 years since I busted any library ghosts but this felt like a good time for a reboot. #halloween2025
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
On another note, I gave a presentation on copyright and publishing at the Fall ‘25 nursing colloquium today. It went really well! And then I tripped at the corner of the busiest intersection of the school on my way back to the library and busted my face up. So that was awesome.
October 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
On another note, I gave a presentation on copyright and publishing at the Fall ‘25 nursing colloquium today. It went really well! And then I tripped at the corner of the busiest intersection of the school on my way back to the library and busted my face up. So that was awesome.
Well my follower count just went bonkers which I guess means I’ve been added to a new list somewhere? But the joke’s on y’all because I barely post and I don’t auto-follow. It’s quiet as the grave over here. I’m just here to lurk.
a close up of a woman 's face with her eyes closed and her hair blowing in the wind .
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October 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Well my follower count just went bonkers which I guess means I’ve been added to a new list somewhere? But the joke’s on y’all because I barely post and I don’t auto-follow. It’s quiet as the grave over here. I’m just here to lurk.
Hey y'all, it's been awhile, I think. Let's get back into things with some #FairytaleTuesday fun!
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#FairytaleTuesday: Herr Korbes
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted so here’s a reminder: I’ve been going through the Grimm’s 1812 volume of fairytales, one after the other for a few years. I’ll finish eventually, I promise. [CW: …
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September 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hey y'all, it's been awhile, I think. Let's get back into things with some #FairytaleTuesday fun!
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Time to curl up w Castaways, the new book from @craigschaeferbooks.com, and forget about the world for a little while.
a woman leans against a tree while reading a book called agenda
ALT: a woman leans against a tree while reading a book called agenda
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February 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Time to curl up w Castaways, the new book from @craigschaeferbooks.com, and forget about the world for a little while.
I gotta say, it is really satisfying to be the one to shepherd my own dissertation through Vireo and into the TWU repository, which has become such a primary part of of my work life over the last 8 years. It feels like the perfect end to this bonkers PhD adventure: hdl.handle.net/11274/16897
Anxiety in the Archives: A podcast dissertation about knowledge control and dissemination in academia
Using a podcast format, this dissertation examines our cultural and societal relationships with libraries and archives, both as places of wonder and as places of fear. My examination is conducted thro...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I gotta say, it is really satisfying to be the one to shepherd my own dissertation through Vireo and into the TWU repository, which has become such a primary part of of my work life over the last 8 years. It feels like the perfect end to this bonkers PhD adventure: hdl.handle.net/11274/16897
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David Lynch on inspiration in diners.
January 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
David Lynch on inspiration in diners.
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This one really hurts 😞
January 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This one really hurts 😞
I’m gonna watch this about a billion times 😭
December 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I’m gonna watch this about a billion times 😭
And. There. We. Go. Achievement unlocked! #phdlife #rhetoricphd
December 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
And. There. We. Go. Achievement unlocked! #phdlife #rhetoricphd