Today I’m talking with Margaret H. Willison, who is one of the Two Bossy Dames newsletter, a podcaster at Appointment Television, and a frequent fourth chair on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour. We talk about a LOT of different things. I want to start with a trigger warning as we have a discussion about workplace sexual harassment, especially in public-facing jobs such as in a library. We talk about confidence, intelligence, and choosing the right handle on AIM and Twitter, we discuss the separation of professional job life and online life, and we look at the overlap of being a librarian in both spaces in two somewhat different ways. We also cover: - the fine line between emotional labor and informational labor- the degree of professional training librarians receive in both- the process of facing sexual harassment at the service desk as a librarian and in any service industry job- the challenge of recognizing your own history with harassment We also talk about what it’s like to do reader’s advisory, and why she thinks YA isn’t it’s own genre - a really interesting perspective that I hadn’t heard before. You also get to hear my theory on parenting and entrepreneurship books, and Margaret’s work and advice for crowdfunding and “making public the hard work that you do.” That’s something I still struggle with. I almost made that the title of this episodeSpecial thanks to Jen, a podcast listener who wrote in with some questions about librarianship and the process of readers advisory, which led to our conversation about developing recommendations that help people identify themselves as people who enjoy reading. Get bonus content on Patreon
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