Blog Posts on stereotype
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Nightmares Out of the Sack by Ina Chan on Apr 23, 2012Disclaimer: This is a dark piece of writing. Reading it may cause offense to your religion/belief. You have been cautioned. Feel free to call it what you want. True. Untrue. I’m pretty sure it is true for someone out there. … Continue rea...
Filipino School Librarian: Rosal Yniguez Bulaong by School Librarian In Action on Apr 10, 2012The blog's featured Filipino School Librarian this month of April is retiree, Madame Rosal Yniguez Bulaong. She's been a librarian for nearly five decades and her septogenarian wisdom shines through this article she wrote for Inquirer's High Blood se...
Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype (2 of 2) by School Librarian In Action on Feb 13, 2012Two posts from librarian friends made it to the blog last month in response to the Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype. Peachy Limpin and Ann Rosette Crelencia shared a piece of their mind on the topic. After two weeks of blogging hiatus, I r...
Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype (2 of 2) by School Librarian In Action on Feb 13, 2012Two posts from librarian friends made it to the blog last month in response to the Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype. Peachy Limpin and Ann Rosette Crelencia shared a piece of their mind on the topic. After two weeks of blogging hiatus, I r...
Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype Response #2 by School Librarian In Action on Jan 9, 2012From Anne Rosette Crelencia, Section Head of the Filipiniana Section, the National Library of the Philippines, lends her ideas on librarian stereotyping. a. How do I feel about librarian stereotyping? Not so bad because the idea offers a challenge t...
Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype Response #1 by School Librarian In Action on Jan 8, 2012Peachy Limpin, Pinoy licensed librarian working in Melbourne, Australia shares her thoughts on librarian stereotyping. She recommends a link to her blog on an encounter she had with an Aussie youngster asking about her work. What a funny little anec...
Challenge of the Year: Break the Stereotype (1 of 2) by School Librarian In Action on Jan 3, 2012I discovered this cute figurine of a nut personifying a librarian. Inscribed below are qualities describing a librarian: Proud to be a public serving, friendly, book stamping, well read, softly spoken LIBRARIAN. If I had it my way, I would change b...
Being Left-Handed in a Right-Handed World by Definitely Filipino on Dec 27, 2011On being single. I am skating my way down the road to spinsterhood. Or perhaps this is just another mid-life crisis episode. I’d live a short life, thus the assumption. I do not see myself collecting my retirement money and spending it on a luxurio...
Being a Girl by His Geeky Girlfriend on Dec 11, 2011No, not a girl gamer, just a girl. Like Yukino Miyazawa from Kare Kano, outside I look generally okay but when I'm at home, say playing Skyrim, oh boy... nobody would want to see that. I let myself go at home, stuff my face with junk food while pant...
Male Nurses: On Defying Stereotypes by Nars A. Ko on Nov 29, 2011Admit it. Nursing is a female-dominated world just like the Philippine National Police being a male-dominated profession. Nonetheless, we have witnessed how the usually aggressive and dominant men have penetrated the nursing industry over the years...
