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Kiley Jolicoeur

@kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social
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(she/her) | metadata enthusiast | librarian 🍊, academic, Mainer outta state

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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“These are kids who will never pay taxes," he says. So... are we paying back all the taxes paid by autistic people who have been in the workforce their entire adult lives? Or, alternatively, are we going to make our unelected chainsaw-wielding billionaire plutocrat start paying his share?
nytimes.com
RFK Jr. Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.
People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Deciding at this juncture to no longer be supportive of trans and nonbinary members of the SBC community is taking a step backwards because it is withdrawing from a position that the college had already been in.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
So radical! And in many ways it remains so today. This mission has changed over time, though; "white women and girls" as written in the trust has developed to eventually include students of color, of different gender and sexual orientations, of different socio economic backgrounds.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
support students who have an uncountable number of facets to their experiences, trying to create a restrictive definition on the exact experiences they want to support, at the cost of others, doesn't create as rich of a community and experience for even the students who do fit that definition.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I absolutely agree, not every institution needs to (or should!) shape themselves in the same way. What a boring world we'd live in if they did! There are so many different ways to experience womanhood, and that's exactly my point. Because women's colleges are foundationally designed to
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
She also provided the information that went into her decision, which doesn't smack of assumptions to me at all.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
An "entire" community? Kiesling's letter clearly acknowledged different parts of the SBC community and didn't create broad generalizations. I'd say that this very discussion we're having shows that she *has* created engagement. You and I may not have had the chance to talk, otherwise.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
To put it simply, I do not believe the college has a right to dictate the self-determination of their current or (formerly) future students.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
But we're not talking about *a* single demographic. We're talking about people with an enormous range of lived experiences and identities. Women's colleges are the colleges that are the most well-positioned to continue the mission of supporting gender minorities in higher ed.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The historical mission of women's colleges to support a demographic not traditionally supported in higher ed is still critical, and the self-determination (and plain old determination!) of women's colleges to embrace this mission in a society 125 years from SBC's founding is incredible.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
As you said, SBC has provided a supportive environment for generations of students... but so many of those generations excluded women who would have benefited from AND enriched the community.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I understand your point. SBC doesn't exist in a vacuum, though, and it is part of larger communities; it cannot be an echo chamber for itself. I do support the rights of colleges to self-determination, but I don't see how it's disingenuous to support that right of the students as well.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I've said it before and I'll say it again: we lost everything in March 2015 and then surrendered everything AGAIN to come back in August because we wanted to build the future of the college... this ain't it. I applaud Lydia Kiesling's decision and her expression of it.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If enough people plant their feet like this, the historically unstoppable force of bigotry will meet an immovable object in us.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Sweet Briar needs this external pressure (because God knows they're not listening to internal pressure). My students, at another university, in another state, in a different part of the country, need this pressure exerted against Sweet Briar.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Her respectful, concise explanation for the choice to cancel showed students, faculty, and alumni *that people see what is happening.* This policy and its effects reach beyond The Pink Bubble™ and drawing attention to bigotry is an act of taking power from those who wish to harm.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Hundreds of alumni are rallying around this letter right now. The contrast between it and what she received in return is no less than shocking, though disappointingly unsurprising. Quite frankly, I think this letter taught the students just as much, if not more, than the cancelled event.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This is such a thoughtful and thought-provoking response and I'm so glad she chose to share it. "Your admissions police will impoverish Sweet Briar College,not because you will lose a few visiting artists, but because you will lose those students, and their courage and their imagination."
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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
One columnist, a professional pundit, is living in a paranoid delusion. The other, a sociologist, is living in America.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Do Gen z Tik Tokers even know this month is the 25th anniversary of their beloved oh wah-ah-ah-ah OUGH OUGH or what
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries
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Dana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Trump finds that trashing the rule of law also trashes the economy. My latest column, on Trump's ad hoc presidency -- with bonus quotes from Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek to remind Republicans why they once cared about the free market. Gift link. wapo.st/3FwxJi7
wapo.st
Opinion | How to tank the economy, by Donald Trump
Trump eases the fears of jittery Americans by turning the White House driveway into a Tesla showroom.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Слава Українi 🇺🇦
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The intention to punish entire states with *thousands* of students for the inclusion of a *handful* of students makes a pretty clear statement: the administration doesn't actually care about kids. It's not about kids at all. It's about control.
wmtw.com
Trump threatens to withhold federal money over transgender students
In referencing Maine story, the president vows not to give states education funding
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The fact that she hides this behind a supposed intention to "protect" girls is laughable. You don't protect children by deliberately inviting harm to specific children. Kids aren't a bag of jelly beans; you don't pick your favorite flavor. You're either protecting all kids or you're protecting none.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If you don't understand a "public event" that will make local papers and maybe a short segment on local news versus a "public" doxxing of a child on a national scale, you're not qualified for office. An adult, and an elected official, doing this to a child is just so beyond anything I can fathom.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"Maine's Total Coverage asked Libby why she decided to post these photos of minors. "That individual participated in a public event, a public sport, photos are online that's not new and when you choose to participate in something as public as this, it's not surprising," she said."
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
And for the record, I played sports in the same division as Greely. Libby saying, "It is unfair. And Maine people know that" is pathetic. Not everyone voted for this hateful bigot. I hope this kid and all the other Greely kids are doing okay.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I can't even fathom being so hateful as to nationally shame AND DOXX a child. As if her moving from 5th place to 1st place is an unreasonable improvement? Given that Libby thinks Nazis are totally okay people, this isn't surprising, but it's still disgusting. www.wmtw.com/article/main...
wmtw.com
Maine lawmaker's social media post highlights controversy surrounding trans athletes
State Rep. Laurel Libby has been called a bully by some for sharing photos of a high school student-athlete, but others agree with her stance about giving girls "a level playing field."
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
What parallel universe is Elon living in, seriously. Really shows what kind of parent he is that he doesn't consider human relationships and mentorship as a critical part of education.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
(tbqh I don't like this mural even a little, but that's not the *point*.)
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Why are we still arguing about this. Leavitt's is a Mount Washington Valley landmark. Come on. If it was a billboard, fine, but it's a mural painted by Kennett students. We have so few small businesses thriving in Franchise Valley™; just let them have the art.
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🍏 Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Our opinion piece with Yulia Navalnaya and Ilya Yashin in today’s @washingtonpost.com on why Western — including U.S. — tech companies should stop prioritising dictators’ demands over the freedom of information for millions of people. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Tech companies need to confront dictators, not coddle them
Tech companies are complying with dictators’ laws, compromising human rights and freedom of speech.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
What’s Lost if the Government Pushes People Like Me Out of the Military -- USSF Col. Bree Fram for the NYT
nytimes.com
Opinion | What’s Lost if the Government Pushes People Like Me Out of the Military
I’m trans and I serve my country.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
A beautiful piece of journalism I wish didn't exist.
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Apocalypse Los Angeles
Monitoring the fire nightmare and scenes from local TV news, social media, texts and calls.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 15/04/2024
Our trainer for our new LSP used All Systems Red from The Murderbot Diaries as an example bib record today and it's a good thing my camera was off and I was alone in my cubicle because when I tell you I came unglued. I had literally been listening to the audiobook maybe 45 minutes earlier.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
washingtonpost.com
Inside Ukraine’s last stand in Avdiivka and its ‘road of death’
Seven Ukrainian troops describe the intense final days before their withdrawal from Avdiivka, Russia’s biggest victory in more than a year.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
I love using Turnitin so I can get flagged for plagiarism for mentioning the names of organizations whose names have been mentioned elsewhere. Really great tool. At least this time it didn't flag every single one of my references as plagiarism because they'd been cited in the same format elsewhere.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
WHY IS EVERY ARTICLE DEADNAMING THEM. I mean, I know why, but it's still sickening to see. The media is so complicit in this violence.
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Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
I just want all kids to be able to die of old age, living as they want to live. They all deserve that, from Palestine to Oklahoma and beyond. I grieve for them all.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
As if this story isn't horrific enough, why did WaPo need to deadname them? That sentence could've and should've ended with "some of whom knew Nex by their birth name." Amazing how in a story about transphobia, people can still find room for microaggressions. Do something kind in Nex's memory today.
washingtonpost.com
Soul-searching and recriminations after teen’s death in Oklahoma
Tenth-grader Nex Benedict, who had been bullied because of their gender identity, died a day after a bathroom altercation in their Oklahoma high school.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Happy first snow! We hit Nov. 1 and winter made a grand entrance.
Image taken through a window depicting a building on a university campus with a yellow tree in the foreground and snow in the air.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
I earned so many groans from my colleagues today for my Halloween costume as Lieutenant Commander MetaData. Absolutely worth it 🎃
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Thanks Mieke.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
I'm still watching "marked safe" notifications come in on Facebook and hoping, selfishly, that everyone I know is okay. It's somehow still unimaginable however many times it happens, and this time it's so close to home.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
My heart is just breaking for home this morning. I can't imagine what it's like to be in the L-A area right now. I don't even have words for this. I'm afraid for my family and for my friends in Maine and further killings. It's just unbelievable.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
I played trombone in our competitive jazz band 😂 (and am so grateful I did)
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
The next time someone hears me say "wicked" and assumes I'm from Massachusetts, I'm going to turn into a pine tree and whack them with my branches.
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Kiley Jolicoeur @kileyjolicoeur.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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