radical, militant, librarian

Posted in ala | Friday, January 13th, 2006 | 7 Comments » Trackback
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You knew it would happen, ALA offers the Radical Militant Librarian button. Update: better looking and similarly priced RML gear available here.

7 Responses to “radical, militant, librarian”

  1. Susan Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 9:44

    And it is hideous. Did their graphic designer have the flu, so they handed off the design work to the colorblind high school intern? I’ve seen much better RML stuff out there already — own a bit of it, actually.

  2. Administrator Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 10:41

    I have to agree with you there. They must have in-house designers, right? I’ll go with the flu explanation.

  3. Jack Stephens Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 11:08

    The context for the phrase in the FBI agent’s email was “While radical militant librarians kick us around, true terrorists benefit….”

    So, how about another cute button with the slogan, “Proud to be of service to true terrorists”?

    Interesting, too, that the American Library Association didn’t think to mention itself on its RML button.

  4. Mark Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 11:46

    It is also interesting that it is sold via the OIF and NOT through ALA’s main catalog ‘o stuff.

    At least all of the proceeds go to OIF. Still, it seems kind of chicken-hearted to not have it available right along with posters, bookmarks and other “important” stuff.

    Me, I’ve been sporting one from my bosses cafepress store for a few weeks now; and it’s much nicer looking.

    Thanks for the heads up though Jessamyn.

  5. Erica Olsen Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 1:07

    I hated them so much I made my own. On sale now at Librarian Avengers. Same price. Ain’t Capitalism grand?

  6. sarah mae Says:
    January 13th, 2006 at 9:01

    And how long did it take them? There were many cafe press stores with t-shirts, buttons, etc. weeks ago

  7. Robert Lindsey Says:
    January 19th, 2006 at 10:24

    Sounds Nazi to me. I do like Erica’s button much better.