It is kind of funny that the ALA president made a point of calling herself a “Marxist lesbian” when she won.
I think that’s great, and ultimately we want to be in a place where someone can proudly declare that identity. Still I think about my industry’s professional association which is essentially beholden to big corporate sponsors and which isn’t really democratic. Our president would immediately catch flack for that sort of comment. (Marxist, not the lesbian part) But of course librarians have held the right positions about a lot of things for a long time.
It is kind of funny that the ALA president made a point of calling herself a “Marxist lesbian” when she won.
I think that’s great, and ultimately we want to be in a place where someone can proudly declare that identity. Still I think about my industry’s professional association which is essentially beholden to big corporate sponsors and which isn’t really democratic. Our president would immediately catch flack for that sort of comment. (Marxist, not the lesbian part) But of course librarians have held the right positions about a lot of things for a long time.