Welcome Back to the Library

from guides not gatekeepers by Ariel Factor Birdoff

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For more information about Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors, please see this video of Professor Emerita Rudine Sims Bishop: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AAu58SNSyc&feature=emb_title

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Welcome, welcome welcome, to a new year at Hogwarts!

Welcome back to school, there've been some changes made.
I've arranged all the books by subject, hey!
Done away with the restrictions and the locks and the chains,
Dr. Granger's gonna love the new place, OK?

This is the place to be, this is the place to be,
This is your Hogwarts school library.
Come and see, come and read, come exist, it's free.
This is your place, this is your space, the Hogwarts library.

And check out over here, an educational decree,
Except it's beneficial, actually.
To weed out any books out dated, you see.
Decolonize the stacks while I drink my tea.
Gonna clean these shelves out! What's that, a bean? (Alas, Earwax)

This is the place to be, this is the place to be,
This is your Hogwarts school library.
Come and see, come and read, come exist, it's free.
This is your place, this is your space, the Hogwarts library.

'Cause every witch and wizard deserves to read
Both windows and mirrors so we can see we.
And sliding glass doors, now you've got the key
What's up, what's up? It's the Hogwarts Library!

This is the place to be, this is the place to be,
This is your Hogwarts school library.
Come and see, come and read, come exist, it's free.
This is your place, this is your space, the Hogwarts library.

Representation is what it's all about
Books by wizards and muggles, we'll figure it out.
Queer or not, these books are for you,
BIPOC authors and main characters too.

(Have you read an Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir?
You haven't? Well, you should. You're welcome.)

This is the place to be, this is the place to be,
This is your Hogwarts school library.
Come and see, come and read, come exist, it's free.
This is your place, this is your space, the Hogwarts library.

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from guides not gatekeepers, released January 11, 2021

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Madam Pince and the Librarians is wizard rock band. We sing about books. MPatL are: Ariel and Kelly, and sometimes Devon and Stacy.

Ariel Factor Birdoff is the full name and solo project of MPatL's founder and lead singer. ... more

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