9.10.2003
librarians are pissed off, apparently.
![stereotypes are bad](/Shhhh.gif)
according to my dad, who's the director of the traverse de sioux library system, in southern minnesota, many librarians, especially women, are upset.
here's our (abridged) e-mail exchange:
ME: "yo, dad. maybe you could model for the male version of this:
http://www.mcphee.com/laf/"
DAD: "Well, probably not. This has raised quite a furor among librarians. Some see it as a major slap in the face, but the person who modeled for the doll (a real live librarian in Seattle) is unrepentant."
ME: "seems like it might be a bit more controversial if she were wearing a bikini or something. stereotypes are annoying, but do the librarians really take themselves so seriously that a tongue-in-cheek action figure is offensive?"
DAD: "You would be surprised how seriously most female librarians take something like this. Every time a new television ad features a stereotypical librarian, the professional journals are full of letters and editorials. We're a very self-conscious and insecure lot."
so there you have it.
i was surprised, to say the least, because my dad laughed his ass off when i played him the library cop episode of seinfeld.