Allison Seyler (she/her)

tinyurl.com/5n6my48p “The majority of our members are working-class people...Many of them live paycheck to paycheck. These reckless actions are disrupting and destroying the lives of everyday working people who are constantly being used as bargaining chips.” AFGE Local 2883 President Yolanda Jacobs

I hope it actually turned out to be funnnn and enriching! I'm so proud!!!!

living in the bizarro world where employers send out what is "permissible" and "impermissible" for programs and activities and how we must be in "compliance with legal and regulatory anti-discrimination requirements." what a time to be alive.

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I am so excited for Wally Lamb's new book!!!!

Georgia O’Keeffe could see the dramatic geological formation known as the White Place, or Plaza Blanca, from a window in her home near Abiquiu, New Mexico. Composed of white stone that provides a stark contrast to the colors of the surrounding terrain, the White Place was whittled and smoothed by water and wind over centuries into a striking formation resembling columns, cliffs, and spires. O’Keeffe painted it a number of times, and in The White Place in Sun, she selected a view that emphasizes a deep cleft in the formation. The V-shaped composition enabled her to focus on the interplay between the brilliant blue sky, the eerie white color, and horizontal striations of the carved rock. Bequest of Paul and Gabriella Rosenbaum

The White Place in Sun https://www.artic.edu/artworks/158752/

🤣 when the new therapist tells you she saw your eye roll

I'm a big fan of mindfulness exercises but let me tell you, there aren't enough for the onslaught of thoughts I have about -gestures wildly - ALL the things.

having a hard time today. <insert Taking Back Sunday lyric>

a tall peony plant with five unopened buds showing

Hopping on to brag that I am on #PeonyWatch2025 and it is marvelous. My plants are super tall this year and there are so many buds. I AM SO EXCITED.

A pulled back photo of three woman sitting in chairs at the front of an auditorium. A fourth woman is on a large projected screen above them on a Zoom screen.

Martha S. Jones sits in a wooden chair, speaks into a microphone, and balances a book in her lap.

"Life can't be reduced to whether we breathe...all the ways that we do to collect our pasts, to collect our ancestors, is what turns out for many of us is life giving, life sustaining." - @marthasjones

my favorite bartender told me something when 'he who shall not be named' won the presidency that I can't stop thinking about. He said that we were about to enter "another 4 years of Mondays" and it's so accurate - a sensation that we can all recognize -

Black & Gold Rush Join me in supporting UMBC during Black & Gold Rush!

Here's the link! give.umbc.edu/black-gold-r...

In moments like the current one, UMBC needs our support more than ever. I'm proud today to contribute to the History department, the Honors College, the Women's Center, and Special Collections! 🖤💛Thank you for shaping me into the human I am today! #BlackAndGoldRish #UMBC

thanks friend 🥹

probably not the best time to read the incredible Isabel Wilkerson's "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents," but here I am...

A bunch of copies of the love and sex issue of Baltimore Beat

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Two good blogs I read this week: @kdrabinski.bsky.social's reflections resonate & make my heart feel better: whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/02/11/c... and Tracy's run recap, reminding me of the highs/lows of running thoughts & what bodies are capable of: poetsthatsweat.com/2025/02/09/t...

depressed, depressed, what's a girl to do

yes please BGE tell me about what less electricity I used this week while trying to protect myself from the world careening to its end around me. love those emails. 🫠

I don't mean to be unfaithful to what community we can build here, but I'm not digging the ways connecting only online makes me feel. I need face to face. I've been on a social break for a bit and logged on here today to see all of the harm already done...it's a growing list and I need to step away.

this is my favorite podcast! so stoked they worked on this!!!

The work continues...

Home stretchhhhh