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Ohio Bookstore Flips Male-Authored Books, Displaying Them Backwards
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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

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

It is stunts like this that are driving people to order books online.Say what you will about Jeff Bezos’ politics, if you want a particular book, you will get it, without an argument.


81 posted on 03/05/2017 1:35:54 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: ameribbean expat

Their intent is what would allow a case. They state their intent is so that people won’t buy the male books.

Easy.


82 posted on 03/05/2017 1:44:39 PM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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