Amusing article about hipster librarians
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librariansNot sure anyone bothers to read this (weeks and weeks without an update - eek), but here's a great post on Counterpunch about the unique qualifications of a hipster librarian. Enjoy!
a selection:
"So why have hipsters latched onto librarians? Because we're losers, at least in the public's mind. Ask anyone with French tip nails and a frappuccino, and they'll pretty much describe us as the Amy Winehouse of occupations: people with odd hair and odder interests. We're crazy cat lady of professions, except we don't smell like cat pee. Most of the time. But to those whose idea of the perfect day is having a quote from The Aeneid inked in Latin onto their forearm after scoring the perfect cardigan from Goodwill (preferably one designed for the opposite sex), a librarian is the personification of their post-millennial aspirations: props from friends for being the smarty-pants slacker that they are."
http://www.counterpunch.org/absher12072010.html
a selection:
"So why have hipsters latched onto librarians? Because we're losers, at least in the public's mind. Ask anyone with French tip nails and a frappuccino, and they'll pretty much describe us as the Amy Winehouse of occupations: people with odd hair and odder interests. We're crazy cat lady of professions, except we don't smell like cat pee. Most of the time. But to those whose idea of the perfect day is having a quote from The Aeneid inked in Latin onto their forearm after scoring the perfect cardigan from Goodwill (preferably one designed for the opposite sex), a librarian is the personification of their post-millennial aspirations: props from friends for being the smarty-pants slacker that they are."
http://www.counterpunch.org/absher12072010.html