Category: politics

• i want to be the frank zappa of librarians.

  This list is interesting, if flawed, but what I really enjoyed reading was Tony Buchsbaum’s hijacking of the thread to talk about rating books, censorship, and everyone’s favorite topic,  thinking of the children. I’m going to shoot my mouth off here and say that I don’t believe that people use ratings. I think they either…

  Miss Julie

  January 26, 2010

  books, censorship, largely unsubstantiated, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, OPINIONS!, personal experience, politics

• divulging.

  Here in the ol’ intertubes, there’s been much hubub about racism and whitewashing in and on books for children and young adults. It’s probably been going on for ages, but I most keenly became aware of it when the controversy over Liar happened. That ended fairly well, with the cover ending up a bit more…

  Miss Julie

  January 19, 2010

  authors, be the best you can be, censorship, color, ethics, OPINIONS!, personal experience, politics, queer

• Oak Brook Man Hates Libraries, Children, Puppies

  This article is simultaneously funny and heartbreaking. The gist is this: the library lost funding, a little girl spoke about how the library would not be the same without the people that had to be fired (including the children’s librarian), and the puppy hating man in the title, Xinos, rebutted the girl and made her …

  Miss Julie

  October 3, 2009

  kids, libraries now!, money money money, OPINIONS!, politics