On March 1st in Cleveland, Ohio, Loganberry Books took an eye-opening stand for women's rights and equality by turning around all of the books written by men on the shelves. The store commented on this situation saying that they have been doing things like this every year for at least the last 20 years, but this year they wanted to do something different, something that could shine some light on this situation. Logan (the stores owner) also estimate that just 37% of the books in the fiction are written by women. This "project" was part of an art performance where 10,000 books written by men were flipped page side out to "illustrat[e] the fiction gender gap". This movement has had a major effect (good or bad) on everyone that has walked into the store. Logan says she plans on keeping this display until March15th and wants to encourage other to do the same in support of this cause.
Questions:
How do you feel about this issue? Is it a good way to show support for this cause or is this too extreme?
Do you think that Women's History Month and wage gaps should be spoken about more in schools? Why or why not?
My Opinion:
I think that this is definitely an out of the box way to show support for Women's History Month and it is a pretty good way to shed some light on this problem. Although it is kind of extreme, I think it's a cool thing to do.
I think that this is something that people do need to talk about more. It's a real problem and an issue that many people feel strongly about. So, I feel that schools should make this a topic that is spoken about more.
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Super job even though most of your replies were done on the 17th.
I feel like this display is very creative and deserves some credit. I also think that it's kind of odd to have like a National Woman's Day though because like women should have equal rights no matter what day it is so idk it could be a good or bad thing.
In my opinion I think this is such an amazing ideal. I do think that women do have their books read a lot but it is usually by other women, not men. I think this was an awesome way to shine light on women and their books. I do think that women equality should be talked about more in school. There is no reason why women shouldn't make the same amount. I think that women should be able to make the same amount as men for what their occupation is. Women have over come so much in the past 100 years and they deserve to be treated the same as men.
In my opinion, this was a wonderful idea! Although it might have been very irritating to find a book someone wanted, it is an effective symbol of woman's roles. Women's History Month should definition be brought up during school, as well as wage differences between males and females.
I think that this was a pretty creative way to show support for women and women authors. It may be a tiny bit on the extreme side just because women may not just write as many books and they may just be reading into a little bit, but I still think its really cool! I think schools definitely need to talk about these topics more because it is something that needs to be made aware of to kids that are still in school before they get out into the real world.
I see the point that they are trying to prove and it's clear that there is a difference. This definitely has an impact and this type of protest is better than most that I've seen on the news. Although I differ that if you want to really prove a point, have more women publish books. Prove the point that you are trying to make and bump up that 37%. You can't just turn over and try to erase history. But that's just a suggestion.
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