they’re not MEANT to have longevity. they’re meant to be exciting for 5 minutes and then forgettable as soon as netflix releases their next bingeable dopamine source, which you’re then also supposed to forget in favor of the next thing. streaming services aren’t trying to make cult classics or beloved cultural artifacts, they’re trying to sell you a new show each month so you don’t cancel your subscription. it’s the TV equivalent of fast fashion.
So Fox News ran a story about how they think libraries are turning into drug-infested sex dens and I am shocked, shocked that I was never offered any drugs during my 15+ years working in libraries.
Where do they think the sex is happening?? Every single aisle is lit in that horrible LED lighting. The teens don’t even make out here anymore.
As a state certified librarian I can assure you that you just have to go into your local library and ask if they’re participating in the new Fox News Hysteria program smh. If they’re not, you’ll just have to renew your library card and use the fun and valuable resources they’re offering right now, such as wifi hotspots, museum passes, dvd lending, mid level adult erotica, ebook lending, and printing! 😔
Jokes aside, here’s a nice textbook example piece for any young folks who had not yet seen the “if a society agrees that a Thing is Bad, then people in power have a vested interest in labeling their political opponents as Bad Thing” principle in action.
With the recent run of censorship laws in red states, public libraries have proven a consistent stumbling block. They are not going along with the right-wing agenda of collective memory wipe and public gag order on topics of queerness and racial tension. Public libraries are becoming, increasingly, politically inconvenient for this faction.
And so, it turns out that public libraries are Full Of Sex And Drugs. Just absolute Dens of Sin and Iniquity. Shocking! Who would have thought?
Here is a collection of characters I met when I was small, all of whom have stayed with me every day since. They are housed, stitched and squished in this felt book, akin to their arrangement in my brain.
