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Dudes. Jerks. Wine Moms.
Stop hiding the gay books.
This has been happening all year, btw. I haven't noticed a marked increase of this kind of behavior since Pride started. It's been going on for months.
But y'all. You're wasting your time. You might think you're wasting mine, but I reshelve books all day long, whether they got moved accidentally or on purpose. Who do you think will get bored faster?
Oh, also: when you have to reshelve things, you also scan them, which flags them in the system as "in library use," meaning the computer goes, "Hey, people read this a lot! Let's keep it FOREVER!"
So: I will find them. And every time I do, I will move them to the DISPLAY shelf. You came in with an agenda and an hour of bigotry to perform during your lunch break.
I'm here every day for eight hours in a row. You won't win this.
As you were.
Stop hiding the gay books.
This has been happening all year, btw. I haven't noticed a marked increase of this kind of behavior since Pride started. It's been going on for months.
But y'all. You're wasting your time. You might think you're wasting mine, but I reshelve books all day long, whether they got moved accidentally or on purpose. Who do you think will get bored faster?
Oh, also: when you have to reshelve things, you also scan them, which flags them in the system as "in library use," meaning the computer goes, "Hey, people read this a lot! Let's keep it FOREVER!"
So: I will find them. And every time I do, I will move them to the DISPLAY shelf. You came in with an agenda and an hour of bigotry to perform during your lunch break.
I'm here every day for eight hours in a row. You won't win this.
As you were.
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Date: 2025-06-05 12:16 am (UTC)From:(The niggling tiny puny minds pf these people. The sheer level of poison that is running in their veins. Thank you for thwarting them wherever you can! It's a tough job, and I'm thrilled to know you've accepted the challenge. I'm afraid it's one for the long run, but you sound expertly placed and expertly skilled. So: hail to you!)
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Date: 2025-06-05 02:34 pm (UTC)From:It's not just me either--the whole branch, the whole library system, is also doing the same work. The person in charge of weeding right now (which is kind of a rotating job, but this one guy runs the library sale for discards and donations) handed me and my co-lead on the Pride Committee a stack of LGBT+ books that *just happened* to be on the weeding list, and basically said, "Keep it secret, keep it safe." So those are in a cabinet in our office now. We're going to put them on a book swap cart during out Pride events later this month.
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Date: 2025-06-08 09:38 am (UTC)From:In a time when the National guard is being deployed against the express will of a State Governor to bolster 47's Reign of Terror, who knows where it'll end, and what forms of Resistance and guerrilla tactics one will have to resort to.
Thank you!
Date: 2025-06-05 01:40 am (UTC)From:Also, another tactic I recommend for dealing with bigots: outlaw book bans. It saves time, energy, and books. Illinois was the first state to do so, and a few others have followed, although it started at the city level.
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2025-06-05 02:36 pm (UTC)From:*solidarity fist bump*
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2025-06-06 05:17 am (UTC)From:*fist bump*
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Date: 2025-06-07 01:16 pm (UTC)From:LOL—yeah, we can't have that!
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Date: 2025-06-05 09:42 pm (UTC)From:So: I will find them. And every time I do, I will move them to the DISPLAY shelf.
I like that.
I'm so sorry people keep moving books, though.
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Date: 2025-06-06 01:05 am (UTC)From:I could do this all day.
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Date: 2025-06-07 07:29 pm (UTC)From:Thank you for your service. Librarians are heroes, y'all!
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Date: 2025-06-08 03:23 pm (UTC)From:💖
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