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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Euthemes:
Long-distance relationship for Angus and Faye. It's the only viable solution, at least short-run. Angus cannot turn down this opportunity, he will never forgive himself. Plus, were he to stay, he would lose Faye's respect. I don't see Faye going with him or the basic mechanism of the comic would be destroyed. She'd better stay away from poisonous venomous Sven though.
valkygrrl:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 12 Oct 2014, 20:28 ---
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 12 Oct 2014, 10:34 ---One thing I'm wondering, too... If Claire is studying library science at a post graduate level... I'm wondering just how high she's aiming. Librarian of Congress, maybe?
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They don't hire women like her. In this universe, anyway. It is not a safe space, something that only time will change.
https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/schroer-v-library-congress-case-profile
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Clearly this is a case of naked male privilege with a single job. They found someone who preformed gender:man for half a century and did it so perfectly that they were able to thrive in the hyper-masculine environment of the green berets as evidenced by a lofty rank and then withdrew the offer when the gender performance was no longer part of the package. And shame on them for caring about such a minor thing.
It doesn't have anything to do with Claire though. Sure, a young woman with a master's in library science isn't going to get that level of job right out of the door while the ink on her diploma is still wet but when you look at the type of job openings they have. http://www.loc.gov/hr/employment/index.php?action=cMain.showJobs Clarie could could focus herself in the type of acquisitions or research that would qualify her. So long as she isn't seeking international terrorism, a subject she's yet to display interest in and one they clearly want a man for, she could be hired to work there.
Honestly for two people with such different life paths it is hard to see why you would even compare them. But hey, props for pointing out how the appearance of being a manly man can get people job offers and not behaving as one can cost them. The patriarchy sure sucks.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: valkygrrl on 13 Oct 2014, 04:16 ---
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 12 Oct 2014, 20:28 ---
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 12 Oct 2014, 10:34 ---One thing I'm wondering, too... If Claire is studying library science at a post graduate level... I'm wondering just how high she's aiming. Librarian of Congress, maybe?
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They don't hire women like her. In this universe, anyway. It is not a safe space, something that only time will change.
https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/schroer-v-library-congress-case-profile
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Clearly this is a case of naked male privilege with a single job. They found someone who preformed gender:man for half a century and did it so perfectly that they were able to thrive in the hyper-masculine environment of the green berets as evidenced by a lofty rank and then withdrew the offer when the gender performance was no longer part of the package. And shame on them for caring about such a minor thing.
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It should be noted that the Librarian of Congress is an 85-year-old Reagan appointee. The environment at the Library of Congress will change when the management changes.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 13 Oct 2014, 00:45 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 12 Oct 2014, 20:08 ---Sven's done some shitty things, but do you really think "take advantage of a drunk person" is a low he'd sink to?
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Yes.
--- Quote from: SubaruStephen on 13 Oct 2014, 00:15 ---Perhaps Station scores a chassis and some vacation time on Earth...
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One is available if it hasn't been scrapped or jettisoned out of an airlock already.....
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The Gina Riversmith comic looks more to me like "Two people got tipsy at a show and decided to fuck" than any sort of coercion or taking advantage of.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 13 Oct 2014, 04:50 ---It should be noted that the Librarian of Congress is an 85-year-old Reagan appointee. The environment at the Library of Congress will change when the management changes.
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Don't underestimate the power of subordinates telling the new incumbent: "This is the way it has always been done and it wouldn't work any other way!" Organisational change can be held up indefinitely that way!
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