A pre-Oshosh visit to the public library in Evanston, Illinois.
Let’s begin in the Teen Loft…. the front door:
Books featured just inside the door:
Our Uber driver from ORD, with some corrections: “I came here from Venezuela in 2019 and hardly anyone in Chicago spoke Spanish. Now it seems that Spanish speakers are everywhere in all parts of the city. You could spend your entire life in Chicago and never need to learn English.”
Wall decor inside the teen area:
Desk/tabletop:
If you didn’t already admire Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., perhaps the realization that he was a Corvette driver will sway you?
The kid section isn’t entirely 2SLGBTQQIA+. It’s also possible to learn about how to build a Wakanda-style successful society/economy:
Kids can learn about what has become the dominant religion in the U.S. Midwest, as measured by hours spent on religious observance (featured by the librarians):
Some reading material to bring into the mosque?
The library is committed to “equity”, which means that people of all races must be forced to read books about one race: “celebrating Black lives”.
Right underneath, a book whose cover is illustrated with a family that seems to have migrated to the U.S. from Asia. Why would they want to celebrate Black lives?
Also a book on our melting planet and how, perhaps instead of celebrating Black lives, a young person should devote him/her/zir/theirself to climate activism:
Another role model is a guy who had “a very rich multichromatic sexuality” (Wikipedia) until he died from a heroin overdose at age 27:
The library offers advice, in both English and Spanish, about how to hide from SARS-CoV-2 and ICE:
Phil, on this day of celebration for Abdul Ballout in Germany it is so special to see you highlighting the Evanston library and the many Sick Parasites who inhabit it, who we collectively call Buttfuckers. Allahu Akbar!
Muhammad, we in the UK share your outrage at the terrible loss of Abdul Ballout in Germany at the hands of brutal gun violence and the Evil Islamophobic police. Thankfully, this could not have occurred in here in the UK because we have not only banned guns, but we have also trained our police to only attack and kill White British-born persons. Allahu Akbar!
I was in the Costco in Ann Arbor this summer, looking for glasses at the optical department. The sections weren’t labeled by gender. I found a nice pair of frog-green, sparkled-plastic frames with plasti-chrome stems. Not Elton John outlandish, but hippie chic or maybe boho gay.
A Costco employee came up to me and said, “Sir [presumptious, don’t you think?]…these glasses are more intended for females, why don’t you go to the mens’ section over here?” Triggered the hell out of me. I’m bald and have a pot-belly, but I think I could be a lady. Has Phil’s propaganda gotten to everyone? Et tu, Ann Arbor? My wife started trying on ones in the men’s section, but the Costco employee held his/her/its opinion to herself/himself/itself.
[Did they neuter that poor teddy bear? I think the entirety of this post is retaliation for my attempts at organizing a blog commenters union.]