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Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoALA: “Department of Education withdraws federal support for school libraries”
http://bit.ly/jlIWOZi’m so pissed off that i can’t be objective right now. please forgive me. a society spends money on what it agrees is important…so, sponsoring NASCAR is more important that school f*cking libraries?!! *i need a minute*
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agofrom the kslis-listserv, reposted w/o permission (on my own initiative, bc i think it’s important. In regards to conservative members ofour listerv – i will alert the author & remove this post if requested): “It’s unfortunate for the collections you may be maintaining in the future that you think that “fairness” and “balance” mean never…[Read more]
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Kent State SLIS listserv; Jennifer Casteen is the author of this post.
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We had a token Republic Roman Catholic dad in one of my classes, and he pulled a lot of BUT WHAT ABOUT US and my classmates gentle reminded him that it wasn’t all about him, and that tailoring curriculum and classroom libraries to every parents’ set of morals was a slippery slope to accepting the parents who think interracial marriage is immoral….
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that’s what i love about working in the public library. it’s not always comfortable, but we serve the entire community. there’s something extremely democratic & patriotic about that, i feel. there are lines that won’t be crossed, however, like the infamous ”flat earth” conundrum from my slis class, birther literature, and eugenics materials t…[Read more]
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Xena. She Straddles. 12 years, 5 months agoso, is it okay to talk about the actress’ cameo appearances in Bitch Slap? so much camp, so much fun.
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I don’t see why not. I actually almost made this a Lucy Lawless group. (I have Spartacus love!)
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoThe disgraceful interrogation of L.A. school librarians
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0513-tobar-20110513,0,3002882.column-
Right on the tale of Big Brother meets school lunch: http://blog.twowholecakes.com/2011/05/foucault-and-bentham-walk-into-an-elementary-school-cafeteria/
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The Great Library of Autostraddle 12 years, 6 months agoi’ve been on a teen fiction/dystopian kick lately. just finished Maria V. Snyder’s second sci-fi book, “Outside In” (first book is titled “Inside Out”), action/adventure/social commentary; recently read “Divergent” by Veronica Roth – strong female protagonist, divided humanity, dystopian Chicago; Carrie Ryan’s third zombie book “The Dark and…[Read more]
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Kids who don’t enjoy reading or think critically will grow up into the kind of adults who do not think critically when exposed to political rhetoric or fact-check stuff important people say. One of the professors at my iSchool did research that showed student performance was better in schools with degreed librarians than in those without one ……[Read more]