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more about #librarians more comments → applejuice: No way! I was at the Art Show opening a couple weeks ago for the Rubbercity Roller Girls group fundraiser. Twelve of the ladies had busts cast and the... more » alexherrera: I love her name. My roller derby name would have to be THE MEXICUTIONER! *I'm Mexican, that's why it works* more » ImproperDancing: AWESOME! This Lady may be my new hero. I'm planning on joining my local roller derby team and I'm having a Dickens of a time trying to think of a name. more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): If I were a roller-derby-er, I'd be BrutallyBrutalBabes. Also, damn she's awesome. more » girlgonemild: I haven't used the Brooklyn Library, but in most cases, there's a big difference between banning a book and moving it to closed stacks. Such a move d... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: I feel the librarians' position here, but until I have a good reason to think otherwise, my kids will be allowed to read anything they want. Articles ... more » ginseng_you_sing: Man, I used to work at a library and there was no 'secret room' or collection (that I knew of). Apparently "Mein Kampf" is ok though. I remember havin... more » clevernamehere: I think it is big a problem that someone who specifically asked to see the book was told it wasn't for the public, you shouldn't need researcher crede... more » dj_chick: I've used this quote before in posts about banning books: Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of histor... more » Jack_Burton: I vehemently believe that "hiding history" is insidious and there is much to be learned from examining culturally significant phenomena from the past ... more » Nariel: This is a stupid idea. The books that get banned are always the most popular and the best ones anyway. I don't want other people trying to control my ... more » howdybeep (runs with monkey wrenches): There's something subversively alluring to me in the idea of locking all the "objectionable" books in a fireproof safe, especially when we live in a w... more » nora charles: I think a separate room is fair, but it shouldn't be locked. Children should be accompanied by a parent or have a parent's permission to enter. I'm al... more » GirlyQ is a manta ray: I am fiercely against taking books out of libraries, even books you find offensive. Carry Neo-Nazi novels, carry anti-gay stuff so offensive it slithe... more » Stagtasticfantastic: I generally expect better of librarians -- who seem to frequently be badasses railing against the Patriot Act and any sort of banned book attempts. I ... more » -
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MegaBeth
Meet Beth Hollis, a 53-year-old reference librarian from Ohio who leads a double life as the kick-ass roller derby player MegaBeth, "which is kind of a play on MegaDeath... I like the Mega too, it insinuates power." [CNN] -
#bibliomania
Is "Secret Book Room" A Form Of Censorship?
So what do libraries do when a book like Tintin in the Congo is deemed too offensive for normal perusal? According to a piece in today's Times, a sort of semi-banned purgatory. More » -
#wtf
"Any Word On The #ALA Gangbang Tonight?"
"Where do we assemble? Who has the lube?" Just one of the charming tweets on the American Library Association's annual conference's "secret" Twitter account, created to monitor scandalous goings-on. [Washington City Paper] -
#womenofletters
R.I.P Judith Krug, Librarian, Free Speech Activist, Founder of Banned Books Week
As mentioned briefly last night, Judith Krug, the founder of Banned Book Week and champion of the First Amendment, died Saturday in Evanston, Illinois. She was 69. More »
