Two years ago, in August of 2019, I wrote about The Great Museum Social Media Manager Exodus. In that time: It’s been read 3,100 times and has 65 fans. It’s now required reading in a number of graduate program syllabi. It’s been cited in bibliographies and industry blogs. People have…

CONTENT WARNING: This post will discuss topics related to gun violence. Last night at around 11 p.m., a mass shooting took place in my home city of Indianapolis, Indiana at a major FedEx hub near the Indianapolis International Airport. …

TRIGGER WARNING: This post will discuss topics that are emotionally difficult for some, including text-based descriptions of domestic violence. Sixteen years ago in Huntsville, Alabama, my step brother murdered his mother. He then got in his mother’s van and drove overnight nearly 700 miles with the intention of next harming…

This is a transcription of an Instagram video posted by Dr. Kelli Morgan, Newfields’ former curator of American art. The video first appeared on her Instagram account across two IGTV posts on February 17, 2021, a few hours following the announcement that Charles Venable had resigned as CEO of Newfields…

It’s now the end of June and we’re watching helplessly as the second wave of #museumlayoffs is hitting our community and impacting thousands, many of whom are dear friends, colleagues... ourselves. This post is inspired by others who have had the foresight to share their stories, wisdom, and offers to…

Hi there. I’m Lori, and I have high functioning anxiety. I’m really good at sharing this with a friend, or even a colleague, face-to-face. Wearing my heart on my sleeve is my thing. I’ll be the first to say that anxiety stigma is BS. Yet, talking about it online is…

Let me tell you why. (But first, if you were busy yesterday with your “9 to 5” and don’t know about the Dolly Parton Challenge, you can catch up.) The Dolly Parton Challenge could have been just the next social media meme to explode onto our streams on any…

If you were like me, you were one of the millions of people who watched Frozen 2 over Thanksgiving weekend. Maybe you missed the single line Elsa sang about “stepping into her power” in the midst of all of the cave sparkles. But WHEW, that phrase hit me like a…

I’ve been really inspired by the conversation, both past and present, around social media manager self-care and burnout. It’s lit a fire under me to get the word out as much as absolutely possible. Then, Ella Dawson made sense of all of the thoughts swirling in my head with her…