I was at this same library (William Jeanes) a couple of years ago and saw a large display of trans propaganda in the children's section. It wasn't even June, not that that would have made it better. Librarians have gone from being some of my favorite people to being among the biggest pushers of a bizarre, harmful, for-profit agenda.
Someone is going to have to write a dissertation about how the publishing industry and libraries became so captured. A big part of it is marketing, as some sort of niche oppression allows them to put up a display and push a specific book or book series to book clubs. Trick is, publishers play both sides. The same big corporations are happy to push right-wing books at Christian bookstores and churches. They hire specific editors for specific markets. Librarians, however, are captured and that is terrifying. But if librarians want to keep their jobs, they'll need to stop. People aren't going to bring their kids to a library filled with body mutilation propaganda.
I was at this same library (William Jeanes) a couple of years ago and saw a large display of trans propaganda in the children's section. It wasn't even June, not that that would have made it better. Librarians have gone from being some of my favorite people to being among the biggest pushers of a bizarre, harmful, for-profit agenda.
Someone is going to have to write a dissertation about how the publishing industry and libraries became so captured. A big part of it is marketing, as some sort of niche oppression allows them to put up a display and push a specific book or book series to book clubs. Trick is, publishers play both sides. The same big corporations are happy to push right-wing books at Christian bookstores and churches. They hire specific editors for specific markets. Librarians, however, are captured and that is terrifying. But if librarians want to keep their jobs, they'll need to stop. People aren't going to bring their kids to a library filled with body mutilation propaganda.