Wanna button?
February 13, 2006
ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom is selling "Radical Militant Librarian" buttons for those who want them. $2.00 (1-10 buttons); $1.50
(11-50 buttons); and $1.25 (51 or more). All proceeds support the
programs of the Office of Intellectual Freedom. These are the same folks who came out with the beautiful "I Read Banned Books" bracelets. Attractive swag that promotes my professional ethics: what could be better?
February 13th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
I’m sorry; I can’t help it. I find both the bracelets and the buttons to be hideously ugly…
February 13th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
My beef with the Radical Militant Librarian button is that there’s (ironically?) too much information, and it’s perhaps a bit too garish for my taste. I think they would be much more attractive if the buttons just read “Radical Militant Librarian” It may just be me, but I think keeping it simple, e.g., black buttons with white text, would be more effective.
Not having seen the bracelets, I can’t judge their aesthetic quality.
February 14th, 2006 at 7:24 am
LibrarianAvengers really has to come up with something else, again… like she did with the buttons: http://librarianavengers.org/?p=76
February 14th, 2006 at 8:21 am
Yes, she has a T-shirt too with that image…much cleaner design, I agree. As for the bracelets, while some of the scanned book covers were a little fuzzy, over all I thought they were well-made and expressed a good sentiment.
February 14th, 2006 at 10:08 am
I wasn’t aware of the Librarian Avengers design. Very cool. If their button had been available at ALA Midwinter, I would have purchased it.
February 15th, 2006 at 12:06 pm
Militant and Radical tend to be redundant. The FBI’s phrase for us, “Damn Radical Librarians” I liked more.
It’s more in your face, or rather their faces.
July 2nd, 2006 at 8:08 pm
carolyn forsman here. who made the bracelets. titles are no longer fuzzy! also a new kids/ya bracelet that fits adults: added Athletic Shorts and In the Night Kitchen. available thru ala or my site