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Ohio Bookstore Flips Male-Authored Books, Displaying Them Backwards
HeatStreet ^

Posted on 03/05/2017 7:28:44 AM PST by ameribbean expat

To draw attention to female authors, a Cleveland bookstore celebrated Women’s History Month by turning every male-written book in the fiction room backward on its shelf.

Eight of the all-female employees of Loganberry Books went through about 10,000 books, a process that took about two hours. They’ll leave the books turned around for the next two weeks

(Excerpt) Read more at heatst.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: books; misandry; sexism
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To: ssaftler

I took great pleasure in clicking the deletion button on this propaganda dump from the automatic recording of Prime Time . .

Didnt even need to give it a second thought


61 posted on 03/05/2017 8:28:08 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: Right Brother

That was my first thought!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9r2o5ZnSHo

The whole Portlandia series is just relentlessly funny.

Another classic episode (Barista Manifesto):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jml7NVYm8cs


62 posted on 03/05/2017 8:31:22 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: FreedomStar3028

Conservatives moved to electronic books early, because liberals couldn’t effectively restrict electronic distribution channels.

That is, afterall, the exact same dynamic which brought Free Republic about.


63 posted on 03/05/2017 8:32:30 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: ameribbean expat

Don’t they have the author’s picture on the back? So, they’re showing all the male authors, those misogynists!


64 posted on 03/05/2017 8:43:30 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: ameribbean expat
I was thinking that it's a way to get the attention of media, and drive foot traffic for the proverbial "15 minutes", but yes, revenue figures would be telling.

OOH, if there is profit spike, it would only encourage more business owners to create disharmony between the genders [, races, religions, just because, ...]

OTOH, I remember a chain in Boston, Filene's or Jordan Marsh, having a promotional campaign entitled "Orient Expressed" featuring live acts and demonstrations, at least at the flagship store, that luckily coincided with the tv premier of "Shogun". That drove sales of woks and chopstick hair thingies, among sales in general, from the extra, positive, traffic.

65 posted on 03/05/2017 8:43:46 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: FreedomStar3028
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If the book is laying sideways on the shelf, what is the property interpretation?

66 posted on 03/05/2017 8:47:02 AM PST by ptsal
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To: A_Former_Democrat

That would be June.


67 posted on 03/05/2017 8:57:27 AM PST by ozaukeemom (I am deplorable and proud of it.)
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To: Right Brother

“Bookstores are primarily populated by libs. Sales won’t change.”

Actually, they probably will change. No matter who “populates” the store those who do are attracted to books by cover art. Turning the book over cancels out the attraction to the book. Sales should drop. This has been shown in marketing studies. The only thing that might counteract this would be an influx of patrons drawn to the store because of the article or some special effort to sell books by female authors. Otherwise, sales will drop.


68 posted on 03/05/2017 8:57:57 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: ameribbean expat

soon to be out of business.


69 posted on 03/05/2017 9:02:28 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ameribbean expat

Should be easier to find the books about cats & hairstyle.


70 posted on 03/05/2017 9:09:00 AM PST by glasseye
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To: ameribbean expat

Nice to see ‘Atlas Shrugged’ and ‘The Fountainhead’ so prominently displayed ...


71 posted on 03/05/2017 9:11:26 AM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Notice that this was only in the fiction section. If they had done that in the non-fiction section, they would have embarrassed themselves by showing the stereotypes are real. Half of the cooking and new age self help books would be turned over, but 80-90% of everything else in non-fiction would be turned over.


72 posted on 03/05/2017 9:13:00 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: ameribbean expat
This is so ridiculous. These women are basically conceding that they are unable to compete with men on equal terms. It totally defeats the purpose of them claiming that women authors are as good as men.

It would be like if in the Super Bowl, the Atlanta Falcons required Tom Brady to be blindfolded for the entire game. Then when Atlanta won the Super Bowl they would all pat each other on the backs for "beating" Tom Brady and the Patriots.

73 posted on 03/05/2017 9:19:02 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: ameribbean expat
It's like something straight out of a skit for the "Women and Women First" bookstore in "Portlandia".

Of course, showing that Art can never top Life for absurdity, the owners of the book store where "Portlandia" filmed these skits has shown Liberalism's total lack of humor by banning "Portlandia" from filming at the store; for the usual catechism of reasons; "Transmisogyny – Racism – Gentrification – Queer Antagonism – Devaluation of Feminist Discourse".

74 posted on 03/05/2017 9:44:09 AM PST by Flick Lives (I want to live long enough to see all Deep State operatives executed)
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To: ameribbean expat

My daughter manages a department at a bookstore. They are interested in selling books.


75 posted on 03/05/2017 10:33:25 AM PST by cyclotic (Republicans Are without excuse. Flood the Resolute Desk with sane legislation.)
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To: meyer
Shaker Hts., a "diverse" place.

Most expensive hour for sale for $5,000,000 in Shaker Hts.:

Least expensive for $19,000:

Inside:



76 posted on 03/05/2017 10:41:39 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL)
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To: Right Wing Assault
"hour" = house

6 beds 8 full, 3 half baths 9,374 sq ft 3.5 acres lot if you are interested.

77 posted on 03/05/2017 10:49:12 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL)
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To: ameribbean expat

I buy the books I want online. No need to deal with BS like this at stores. Enjoy losing more customers.


78 posted on 03/05/2017 11:57:06 AM PST by Trillian
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To: Right Wing Assault

Generally speaking, the closer you get to the Cleveland border, the lower end the housing goes in Shaker. I was a meter reader in the area about 1000 years ago, when reading meters was still a job. I have seen both ends of it, but there are a lot more of the latter than the former.

I’ve been away from CLE for quite a while now, but if I moved back, I would not choose to live in Cuyahoga County, and if I did, it would be the west side.


79 posted on 03/05/2017 12:13:17 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: IronJack

No, just flip all the female authored books. Then it would be impossible for them to find them, and they’d have to go through all 10 thousand again. And of course, customers would just leave being unable to find anything.


80 posted on 03/05/2017 12:54:45 PM PST by DeltaZulu
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