Submerged: An Archive of Caregivers Underwater

A digital archive of caregiver stories, coming soon. Created & cared for by @megpillow. Every caregiver, and every story, should be saved.

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Want to know what we're about? Check out our founder @megpillow's first column, which talks about her caregiving experience during the pandemic and defines the scope of our project:

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Support our project here, if you're able!

https://t.co/Bt97rUhsBo

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Our founder's final column about our project is up at @pidgeonholes! Please read and RT.

And remember - the column may be over, but our project is just getting started!

Stay tuned for more, and support us at our Patreon in the thread!

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"It was the suggestion—perhaps his, perhaps just my own internalized fear—that I was both privileged and foolish to be hopeful in the face of the disaster we were living."

LIVE: "We Are Hoping" by Megan Pillow @megpillow, the final @wearesubmerged column.
https://t.co/VKnqNdCrZI

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For the 4th, read a piece by our founder about the work that Black archivists, activists, and artists are doing to fight for justice and ethical remembrance and reimagine the U.S. archive. It was chosen as one of Top 5 Longreads of the Week!

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The Top 5 @Longreads of the Week, featuring work by @JMcJohnson, @staceykanderson, @megpillow, @Barry_Blanchard, and @ElizabethaRush https://t.co/1Lk4Av1lxF

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Livestreaming now! James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved man whose services to the Continental Army as a spy resulted in victory at the final Battle of Yorktown. But Lafayette's battle for freedom didn't end then.

https://t.co/oltBhuodti
#ArchivesJuly4 #4thOfJuly

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Our founder's newest piece on archives and their reimagination. The scholarship she references here is also at the heart of our project and will continue to influence its growth and development. Please read and RT!

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ICYMI: our founder @megpillow's latest column at @pidgeonholes. The last column will appear in a few weeks, and then we'll move into digital platform into construction! We'd love your help to make this happen!

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"The seeking of normalcy, of a different life, of possibility are all things that most of us are feeling right now."

LIVE: "We Are Still Here" by Megan Pillow @megpillow, the penultimate instalment of Megan's @wearesubmerged column.

https://t.co/nqK78ssWE2

[Kim Martin @antimony27]

Just wrapped an incredible class visit with @megpillow on citizen archives, careworkers, & collecting COVID stories. Check out the fabulous upcoming project, @wearesubmerged & consider supporting as you are able.
Thanks to @hralperta for the connection :)
@UGuelphHist @UoG_ARTS

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Read about our April donation to @NationalBailOut and where we're headed next! News from our founder @megpillow:

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Love and support to caregivers of all kinds, today and every day.

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We're supporting @NationalBailOut on social media and with our $$ this month, and so is our founder @megpillow. Read more about the #FreeBlackMamas movement and about how you can be entered for a free manuscript critique from our founder if you contribute!

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Our founder @megpillow's latest column at @pidgeonholes! All about lust and longing - you really should take a look.

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"Vibrators and relationships and governments fail. So do people. But every day, we can try again. And this is what we caregivers do."

LIVE: "We Are Longing" by Megan Pillow @megpillow, the 4th instalment of Megan's @wearesubmerged column

https://t.co/ZOHqNPpSct

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Update from our founder:

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Coming up April 29th

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Your caregiver stories are vital. We hope to hear from a few of you!

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We're actively looking for anonymous quarantine lust stories from caregivers for our founder's column at Pidgeonholes! Do you have one? Please share using this form!

https://t.co/nW5o058On1

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New From @archivists_org: “As a Matter of Fact: Convincing the World That #Archives Matter” Video Available for Downloading https://t.co/NbivyRXlcX #facts #libraries

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This story by our founder is also a caregiver story.

https://t.co/k9BmAoFn86

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ICYMI: "We Are Grieving, And We Are Alone" by Megan Pillow @megpillow—the third instalment of Megan's @wearesubmerged column featured in Pidgeonholes. ❤️

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New column coming from @pidgeonholes soon! But until then, help us gather stories about secret quarantine lusts for our founder's column next month. All stories for this column can be anonymous - please submit here!

https://t.co/nW5o04Rdvt