Comments on: mudflap woman http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199 Laura Crossett on the LIS domain Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kaijsa http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199/comment-page-1#comment-32056 Kaijsa Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:33:07 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199#comment-32056 As another of the small group of librarian bloggers in Wyoming, I hesitated to weigh in on this right away. I don't like or support the campaign, but our state's library community is small and I wanted to think about what I said before just reacting. Laura, I think I know what you mean about being tired of feeling like our state is under attack, but I see it a little differently. It bothers me that this image is now representative of the state and its people to some people. We're rarely in the news, and when we are it's usually for something unpleasant. That bugs me. As another of the small group of librarian bloggers in Wyoming, I hesitated to weigh in on this right away. I don’t like or support the campaign, but our state’s library community is small and I wanted to think about what I said before just reacting.

Laura, I think I know what you mean about being tired of feeling like our state is under attack, but I see it a little differently. It bothers me that this image is now representative of the state and its people to some people. We’re rarely in the news, and when we are it’s usually for something unpleasant. That bugs me.

]]> By: laura http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199/comment-page-1#comment-32045 laura Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:01:23 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199#comment-32045 @neff I hear, I hear! @sheila Thanks--I don't think there are a whole lot of library bloggers in Wyoming--and, quite frankly, I have yet to see any publicity about the campaign in the state. We've gotten some of the new bumper stickers, but none with the mudflap "girl". @neff I hear, I hear!

@sheila Thanks–I don’t think there are a whole lot of library bloggers in Wyoming–and, quite frankly, I have yet to see any publicity about the campaign in the state. We’ve gotten some of the new bumper stickers, but none with the mudflap “girl”.

]]> By: Sheila Kearns http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199/comment-page-1#comment-31998 Sheila Kearns Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:51:14 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199#comment-31998 Thank you for a voice from Wyoming on this flap. I have tried looking for others, but have not found them. As do you, "I appreciate the variety of opinions I’ve seen," but think that it is best to listen what Wyoming folks have to say. Thank you for a voice from Wyoming on this flap. I have tried looking for others, but have not found them. As do you, “I appreciate the variety of opinions I’ve seen,” but think that it is best to listen what Wyoming folks have to say.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199/comment-page-1#comment-31922 joshua m. neff Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:57:44 +0000 http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom/199#comment-31922 <i>Woman writers aren’t special; they are writers who are female, not some rare breed of being that require double nouns.</i> Hear, hear! <i>The solution is to value the work that women do and pay people who are teachers and childcare providers and nurses and–yes–librarians in a fashion that is equal to the services they provide. The solution is to make sure that all full-time jobs pay a living wage, so that women are not stuck in minimum wage service jobs.</i> HEAR, HEAR! Woman writers aren’t special; they are writers who are female, not some rare breed of being that require double nouns.

Hear, hear!

The solution is to value the work that women do and pay people who are teachers and childcare providers and nurses and–yes–librarians in a fashion that is equal to the services they provide. The solution is to make sure that all full-time jobs pay a living wage, so that women are not stuck in minimum wage service jobs.

HEAR, HEAR!

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