Far to Fall
Follow my adventures as I work my way through my MLS and into a library. And as Norton Juster says in Phantom Tollbooth, “...I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall.”
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Quote reblogged from The Mary SueFor the last three decades many Americans have puzzled over a system that gives an R to a movie in which a women is carved up by a chainsaw and an NC-17 to one that shows a woman sexually pleasured. From such ratings one might conclude that sexual violence against women is OK for American teenagers to see, but that they must be 18 to see consensual sex. What message does this send to the kids the MPAA presumably means to protect?
Carrie Rickey
(via fireworkselectricbright)
“You have to question a cinematic culture which preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario which is both complicit and complex. It’s misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman’s sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than this film.”
-Ryan Gosling on the controversy around the rating of his film ‘Blue Valentine’
(via misandry-mermaid)
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so i was looking up stuff about birth control throughout history and
I laughed out loud!
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My brand spankin new niece, Kennedi.
And yes, I already reiterated the benefits of reading to a baby. After handing the momma 20 books.
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Quote reblogged from Library JournalToxic stress is the heavy hand of early poverty, scripting a child’s life not in the Horatio Alger scenario of determination and drive, but in the patterns of disappointment and deprivation that shape a life of limitations.
Poverty as a Childhood Disease, by Perri Klass.
As we saw at this year’s schoollibraryjournal Public Library Leadership Think Tank, school and public libraries have a very strong role to play in mitigating the effects of poverty, for both children and their caregivers.
(via librarylinknj)
True. Sad. And depressing.
Most social ills evaporate with the elimination of poverty.
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Gravity is not a trivial monster.
From Frank Cottrell Boyce in Cosmic
I love his ordinary kid protagonists. They aren’t exceptionally bright, gifted, or different but they still find themselves in pretty extraordinary situations.
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Photo reblogged from Humans of New York
“I’m sketching out my next film.”
“What’s it about?”
“It’s sort of a romantic Jurassic Park. Except the dinosaurs have jetpacks.”I dig it.
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Florida Teen Girl Charged With Felony After Science Experiment Goes Bad - Miami - News - Riptide 2.0
A girl in Florida is facing felony charges and expulsion (and the lifetime of consequences sure to follow) because she was curious.
A solid well behaved student did a small experiment on school grounds in preparation for the science fair.
She mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil.
There was a small explosion and smoke. No damage. No one was hurt.
She is being “charged with possession/discharge of a weapon on school grounds and discharging a destructive device. She will be tried as an adult.”
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This article from SLJ discussed the new documentary - The Revisionaires and the influence of curriculum.
” Instead, students are provided with curriculum in much the same way that religious adherents are provided with scripture, as something whose source and authorship are not be discussed, much less questioned. And no, this analogy is not as inappropriate as it may first seem.”
These are concerning trends. Especially here in Texas.
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Texas Library Association parties!
First picture was a small get together with some Penguin book authors, Gennifer Cholenko, Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller and Robert Paul Weston. The second is Gennifer, Zack and Ash at Jon Sciezka’s Guys Listen party.
I’m having a great week!
