Rich writes “Friday’s Boston Herald reports that “a Harvard librarian allegedly dubbed too sexy for promotion has subponenaed Harvard President Lawrence Summers to testify in federal court about a university culture her lawsuit claims rendered her invisible because she is black woman.”
“Harvard’s lawyers are fighting to keep Summers off the stand in the case set for Feb.7 in Boston before U.S District Judge Joseph Turo.”
“Goodwin also claims one female boss said her career was stalled because her outfits were too sexy and colleagues had “heard things about her through the grapevine.”
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too sexy for her stacks
Of course, why on earth should a librarian be allowed to have a personal life? Especially if it calls into question the reality of the “dowdy” librarian.
Rubber Chicken?
Anyone want to explain what a rubber chicken has to do with a master’s degree?
Re:Rubber Chicken?
Truthfully they are latex chickens. To get the best quality choose ‘rubber’ chickens from India. Those from China are often found to be of inferior quality.
I am worried that I know this. What worries me more is I was about 13 when I was told this by the manager of a hobby shop and I still recall it, and it is true.
Re:Rubber Chicken?
Anyone want to explain what a rubber chicken has to do with a master’s degree?
Hmm…this must be some entitlement I missed when I graduated back in August…of course, then again, we had full invocation by the local Catholic parish priest at my library school’s parent university graduation and the university’s president was ornamented with a ton of papal awards too…so maybe it is a regional thing?
Sooo…
So she’s basically got a double discrimination thing going on here. According to Harvard Magazine, the University actively obfuscates information on minority populations. A quote:
The article makes a note that the figures are approximate because they’re not official. Harvard doesn’t collect racial info on incoming freshmen. Now I don’t know about other colleges, but when I went off to university, I had a whole slew of stuff about racial things. They were optional, as I recall, but it was all to document minority populations on campus.
As for the idea that she was too sexy to promote, I hope she not only goes for the discrimination thing, but tacks on a harassment charge too. Have these pukes looked around at the changes in women’s fashions over the last, ohhh, forty years or so? Even the most professional selections of business clothing for women have a line of “sexy” attire for the female executive.
For instance, check out the business attire offered by The Gap or Nordstrom. Sure there’s some conservative stuff, but there’s also clothes for the “well built exec.” And this “grapevine” crap just pisses me off to no end. I’ve worked several different kinds of jobs in my life and I’ve never seen an office grapevine like can be found in a library. It’s almost like Fox News. It’s pertinient, up to the minute, and so tainted by opinion that it renders the information useless.
But then again, I’m the kind of person who doesn’t care much how someone dresses. I don’t care if she’s doing some work on the side as a porn star. If she’s a good librarian, promote her.
Re:Rubber Chicken?
A “rubber chicken” is a slang term for a formal meal from a company or organization, served in celebration of an event. Typically done “on the cheap,” the food served is considered rather inedible (much like eating a rubber chicken) thus the nickname.
Re:Rubber Chicken?
That makes sense, thanks. However, I think the reporter didn’t know the term either.