A librarian at the Graduate School of Design’s library is suing Harvard for discrimination because she hasn’t been able to get a better job at a Harvard library and she thinks people with less experience have been hired instead. Part of the lawsuit involves remarks her manager made about what she wears to work. [...]
Just what we need: a catchy song with a catchy tune that gets stuck in our heads. “The library, the library: it’s a place where books are free. The library, the library: it’s a lot better than watching TV.” Pay close attention to the stereotype that’s portrayed here.
Read a banned book to celebrate! Here’s a list of 100 to get you started.
This error is from the front page of this week’s Somerville Journal. It refers to one of last week’s front page stories, which was probably completely unworthy of the front page were it not for the connection the reporter made between one of the men who was arrested and a former school committee member [...]