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by Kristen Jacobson

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  • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zine

    How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zine

    Zines are a great way to explore creative self-expression and produce personalized content. Here’s my story about how I created my first zine!

    KJacobson

    February 2, 2023
    Art and Culture, Essay
    Creativity, Etsy, New Years, Process Blog, Zine, Zine-making
  • Creative Teens Creating Information

    Creative Teens Creating Information

    Note: This is the second in a series of posts I wrote for my Masters in Library and Information Science. Welcome to the 21st century! We use computers for everything! Throughout my teacher education program and tenure as an educator, I was faced with many questions regarding student learning and student behavior. Being that it…

    KJacobson

    December 17, 2020
    Education
    information, Library Science, MLIS, SJSU, teens
  • The Wave of the Future: Adolescents as an Information Community

    The Wave of the Future: Adolescents as an Information Community

    Note: The following is the first in a series of posts I wrote for my Masters in Library and Information Science program. My last year of teaching, I taught a unit on academic research to a room full of high school seniors. It came at the end of the year, and by that time, I…

    KJacobson

    December 10, 2020
    Education
    information, Library Science, MLIS, SJSU, teens
  • Hello, Mr. Chips…or how I learned to love my chiropractor.

    Hello, Mr. Chips…or how I learned to love my chiropractor.

    My chiropractor is my hero. I never truly appreciated this until adulthood (I’ve been seeing him for all my skeletal/muscular complaints since middle school). And, truth, my admiration came from nowhere on a seemingly random day. I recently found myself in the midst of a minor car accident. No one was ireperably hurt and the…

    KJacobson

    March 25, 2015
    Essays
    Blog, deep thoughts, People, Social Observation
  • A Series of Scenarios: #1: In which I bemoan the privilege of the extraordinary

    A Series of Scenarios: #1: In which I bemoan the privilege of the extraordinary

    It was early afternoon and I was sitting in a 1950’s style diner, listening to my lunch companion (heretofore known as “my mom”) divulge the latest gossip from the local hair salon where we both get our hair cut on a regular basis (hers more regular than mine). Apparently, the new ownership had brought forth…

    KJacobson

    October 29, 2014
    Essays, Uncategorized
    Blog
  • This is a blog about not being able to write blogs.

    This is a blog about not being able to write blogs.

    Dear Readers, I have nothing to say. I’ve been writing cover letters, freelance proposals, and editing resumes for the past few weeks. So, I come here to unwind and maybe write something that doesn’t involve years of experience or proposed cost for writing projects. I come here to let my soul out of the cage…

    KJacobson

    October 8, 2014
    Essays, Uncategorized
    Blog
  • Thoughts on Banned Books

    Thoughts on Banned Books

    Dear Readers, I’ve been away for a while and that is truly disgusting. I hope to never do this ever again….until another massive load hits the fan and I’m working on a freelance gig that takes up my time and energy (hint, hint…click the “Hire Me” tab above to…well…hire me…to write stuff). Here’s a picture of…

    KJacobson

    October 1, 2014
    Art and Culture
    Blog
  • Sitting on my ass…

    Sitting on my ass…

    Dear Readers, I made a promise to myself when I started this blog back up that I would post regularly. I was convinced it would keep me writing and I was convinced that would save my sanity and open up professional doors in the future. I may have goofed on that promise. When you’re unemployed,…

    KJacobson

    August 20, 2014
    Essays
    Blog
  • History in Action

    History in Action

    Dear Readers, I don’t know if you realize this about me, but I like to bum around the internet. A lot. I think I know what you are thinking: “But Beth, you seem so bright and intelligent and I am sure you have some awesome shiny hair! Why would someone like you kill time on the…

    KJacobson

    August 6, 2014
    Art and Culture
    Blog, deep thoughts, not so deep thoughts…, things I like…
  • As I Lay, Unemployed…

    As I Lay, Unemployed…

    Dear Reader(s?), It has been a while. Too long of a while. I’ve missed you terribly. And being that we are now balls deep in summer, and I am woefully unemployed, spending my time watching HGTV, drowning my sorrows in red wine, and filling out job applications that will most definitely go ignored, I return…

    KJacobson

    July 28, 2014
    Art and Culture
    book reviews, books, questions, unemployment
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