A librarian lost in a party ???

For sure, I ain't one...


While watching the barenaturals segment of the show Qtube last night, I was kinda struck by the closing remarks of that segment (FYI: barenaturals is a cosmetics brand). So, this is how it went: the host was nearly closing and then saying "without xxxxx product, you would either look like a lost librarian in a party or a hip chic blah blah blah". And I was kinda', what the???

Admittedly, I was somehow offended by that phrase. I mean, do media personalities, or even those behind those productions, really need to bash other's profession just to stay on top of the game or to make their words more appealing??? I know people in the media are not dumb enough to know that.

Our breed of librarians now are the young once, the party-goers, the boozers, and the loud people. We are the adventure-seekers, movie-goers, cheerful, friendly information professionals. And NOT the Miss-Tapia-Pony-Tailed-Hair-Wearing-Thick-Eyeglasses-Stamping-Book-Cards-
Shouting-STOP-QUIET!!! anymore. That was the stereotype which we are trying to break. It was really saddening and offending that our profession is being looked down. The phrase seemed to be a hasty generalization saying that we librarians do not go to parties or are not even allowed to attend one.

But I guess, instead of taking it negatively, let's put it the other way around. If people really think that ALL librarians are introvert and MUST be kept ONLY inside the library, we librarians should take it as a challenge to step out, be proud and shout out loud that "I AM A LIBRARIAN."

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