However, Mel does seem to have had a problem about women and boundaries:
Another biography refers to Dewey’s “old nemesis—a persistent inability to control himself around women” as a chronic cause of trouble on the job.[30] For decades, Dewey engaged in “unwelcome hugging, unwelcome touching, certainly unwelcome kissing” with women subordinates and others, according to biographer Wayne A. Wiegand. When Dewey opened his School of Library Economy at Columbia College to women it was rumored that he asked for their bust sizes with their applications. Though the rumor turned out to be false he did require a photograph from each female applicant since “you cannot polish a pumpkin” In 1905 during a 10-day trip to Alaska sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), a group he co-founded, he made unwelcome advances on four prominent librarians who informed Association officials. As a result, Dewey stepped down from active participation in the ALA.[32] Reports, allegations, and an investigation of Dewey’s inappropriate and offensive behavior directed at women continued for decades after his departure from ALA. In 1930, he paid $2,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former secretary alleging sexual harassment.
Librarians do it in stacks— they are so repressed.
This entire article is so silly as to be ridiculous. Rename an award... like the Laura Ingalls Wilder award for children’s literature changed because the didn’t have blacks in her books written about US prairie settlers (who were-— overwhelmingly... white people— but no matter, have to have a representative where does it stop).
This is plainly cultural marxism mixed with idiotic puritanical tut-tut-ism and crazed virtue signalling. Destroying the book reading world with their mind numbing pantie wadding upsettypies. Assuring no one will read— not real books about real people anyway- including horny academics, because they of course don’t exist today (see: pedophile profs, and male/female rapists... yes, they do).
Sounds like slow Joe.