The Pissed Off Librarian

Amazing Readathon Detour #4

The Amazing Readathon Berlin detour!

On page 40 of 350 of Yellowface, by R.F. Kuang: The main character in this book should h... goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

On page 348 of 592 of Ashes of the Sun, by Django Wexler goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

On page 214 of 512 of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, by Amélie Wen Zhao goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

On page 168 of 512 of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night, by Amélie Wen Zhao goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

On page 83 of 374 of The Book of Gothel, by Mary McMyne goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

@OneRadChee (AASL is a sub branch of ALA that is for school librarians) 2/2

@OneRadChee To be a ‘professional’ librarian in public and schools requires a Masters degree. For public it has to be certed by the ALA. 80ish schools in the US fit that, it is a process that takes 5+ years for schools and even if your MLIS is AASL certed it doesn’t count. 1/2

On page 108 of 336 of Weyward, by Emilia Hart goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

@historyfocusnet @JosephSokolovi1 @MattRKay that enslaved people where just as capable, smart, and not ‘inferior’ to white men. That would differ from the interpretation of those who profited off making people believe they were not. 3/3

@historyfocusnet @JosephSokolovi1 @MattRKay What many call presentism is oftentimes just the interpretation of other viewpoints, some of which are from the same time period. Someone analyzing an enslaved persons opinions, beliefs, values, and interpretations of events might come to a conclusion more closely to our 2/?

I don’t think I’ll ever have a clearer example of why we find certain white women’s tears so frustrating. (And not gonna lie… entertaining. As long as it isn’t getting us shot or lynched or whatever.) newsweek.com/define-woke-be…

@historyfocusnet @JosephSokolovi1 @MattRKay It’s not what was ‘okay’ back then, it was what was normalized by the people who profited off of it. And because what is normalized back then impacts today the only way to grow is learning from history, not making excuses for it.

@historyfocusnet @JosephSokolovi1 @MattRKay Understanding isn’t the issue people have with people being ‘woke’, it’s that we don’t allow it to excuse behavior. Behavior that people in that own time period knew was wrong and should be stopped.

@susankusel This seems like it was written by one of those ‘libraries are dying’ people to justify why they pay their library workers/librarians crap and/or limit their hours to PT.

On page 280 of 432 of Age of Myth, by Michael J. Sullivan goodreads.com/user_status/sh…

On page 180 of 432 of Age of Myth, by Michael J. Sullivan goodreads.com/user_status/sh…