workweek reading recs (19 May 2025)

[matsushima]

Happy Monday(?)! I don't know about you, but I'm a K-12 educator and I am counting the days until summer vacation. Only five Mondays left for this school year… (Don't worry, I will continue posting over the summer!)

• Violent Delights: The serial killer media industrial complex rages on, but what has it taught us? (2022/12)
• Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse (2025/01)
• AI Therapy is a Surveillance Machine in a Police State (2025/05)
• Cringe! How Millenials Became Uncool (2025/05)
• From the archives: Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves (2018/01)
• Podcast episode: A Little Bit Culty: Healing In Public: Sarma Melngailis on Life After Netflix