Anonymous Patron writes “It seems Concrete, Washington was just whipped into too much of a frenzy by dominatrix-librarian Valerie Shahan (AKA “Lady Jane”), who was given the leather sack by townsfolk.
Original Story, Bad News Story“
Shahan has been the only librarian working at the library. The district is searching for an assistant librarian.
Public opinion was split on the issue at a September meeting of the library board. Some residents said they were uncomfortable having their children around her. Others said her private life was her business, and she should be judged solely on her work as a librarian.
Say what?
Seems to me that the term “unemployed dominatrix” is rather an oxymoron. If they don’t want her having such a part time job then they should see to it she is fully employed in the library with lots of overtime. True to form, however, they have done exactly the wrong thing and have ensured instead that Lady Jane will now have all the time in the work week to meet and greet and beat her clientele.
We should all be fired, then!
Just try to find a librarian that doesn’t have control issues of some sort. Of course the rest of us sublimate them at work and are thus underpaid. At least when “Lady Jane” is working, she’s being paid a premium for her understanding of control.
Re:We should all be fired, then!
> She’s being paid a premium for her understanding of control.
If she is good at her talent, she’s probably one of the most under control reference desk libs out there. And when she shows up at your front door looking for an overdue item, just be careful.
Aieeeeeee!!!!
Too…..many…..puns…..
I was a teenage dominatrix
No, no, no, not me! (I’m not even very good at being a bossy mom.) But there is a swell book by that title that gives a thoughtful look at the whole D/s culture. It’s not written as erotica, but gives one person’s acccount about stumbling into the business. It’s fairly well-written, funny, and provides a light study of the subculture. You can probably get it through interlibrary loan since, chances are, it’s not on the shelf at your local library. I got it at Last Gasp (an alternative press/jobber) in San Francisco, at the suggestion of one of their staff members, who was kind enough let me and two other ALA attendees run amok in their warehouse and load up on the coolest stuff.