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  2021-03-18

  Brianna Tong Oral History, 2021/03/18

  Some of the things we discussed include: Humour in the early stages of the pandemic and developing a fear for the safety of others; empathy The journey from vaccine apprehensions to getting the first shot of the vaccine, household and coworkers doing the same; the importance of vaccine access for Black and Latinx communities; resisting the narrative that all rural people and Black people are anti-vaccine White supremacy, the murder of Black people by police, the mainstreaming of “defunding the police” activism Difficulties getting out of bed and noticing new behaviours; taking up new activities: stick-and-poke tattoos, embroidery, cooking elaborate meals Therapy Pre-pandemic life: going to queer parties, busy with rehearsal What community support means for health, the harms of for-profit healthcare, growing up with access to good health care coverage and racism and sexism in the healthcare system, ableism, fatphobia, and the crises of inaccessible healthy food, lack of parental leave, pollution Working in the public library system: working remote for the first two months, reduced libraries services upon reopening, prophylactic supplies and cleaning regimes, the importance that libraries serve in communities (access to internet, printing, and books), enforcing mask mandates, shifting to online programming How the return to work at the library normalized being inside indoor spaces when it is still unsafe Doing outside live music Looting as purposeful resistance to corporation Union of Musicians and Allied Workers protests against Spotify (https://louderandclearer.byumaw.org) Biden’s failure to get the $15 minimum wage Murders tied to racism, sexism, sexworkers, anti-Asian violence that was committed the day before the interview. See coverage here (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/atlanta-shooting-spa.html), here (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/eight-killed-atlanta-area-spa-shootings), and here (https://www.npr.org/2021/03/17/978141138/atlanta-shooting-suspect-is-believed-to-have-visited-spas-he-targeted) The expectation that lots of art and reflection will come out of this experience, wanting solutions from the humanities and social sciences, the importance of preserving stories of people ignored by media
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  2021-01-31

  Spotify Called Out My Podcast Addiction

  Throughout the majority of 2020, I had very little social interaction. I wasn’t working a job for the majority of the year, I had moved away from most of my family and friends, and I grew so lonely very quickly. In response to the lack of social interaction, I turned to podcasts for a sense of conversation and connection. While my mental health did suffer and I continued to feel lonely, it gave me an outlet to focus on that was different than what was occurring in the world at the moment. For those who don’t know, Spotify records users' listening history through the end of October and presents it to you at the end of the year in what they called “Spotify Wrapped.” Mine presented this to me, that I had listened to 18,677 minutes, or about 311 hours, of podcasts by the end of October 2020. I am thankful to podcast creators for providing me with constant entertainment when I wanted to think about anything besides the pandemic.
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  2020-10-20

  Carly's Quarantunes

  This is a playlist of songs I've listened to during quarantine and an explanation about each of them.