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loki-zen · 16 days ago

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I have noticed btw that more often than not these days when I meet new people and they ask what I do for work, I don't say "I'm a librarian" and instead say something like "I work in medical research and evidence" or "I'm in NHS evidence and knowledge services" or something like that... I guess I don't really imagine that those sentences really help people picture my job much either, since it's just not a role people are aware of, but I guess there are levels on which I have always preferred honest bafflement to being identified with a concept that people think they understand (in ways that lead them to make assumptions that don't feel right about me).

anyway librarians of tumblr feel free to tell me im letting down the sisterhood or whatever

#and like #it is a little bit an intellectual prestige thing #but i feel sorta justified in that most normies think a librarian is a library assistant #so this is just straightforwardly a better way of conveying the truth of the situation #(ie that i have a very intellectually demanding job requiring a postgrad degree and that im medicine -adjacent #)#which like i don't think people should talk down to folks whose jobs don't need a bunch of degrees either just #if ur tryna make inferences about what sorta person i am and how i spend my time #and tbh how stressful it is!#normies think being a Librarian is super chill which it isn't even outside my sector

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