I completely understand and profoundly sympathize with both perspectives but also

ME: So it turns out this thing you thought had a clear-cut numerical answer is actually a complex, deliberately ambiguous judgment call with inherent risk of legal liability! Isn't that cool???

INSTRUCTOR, JUST TRYING TO DEAL WITH THEIR COURSE READINGS:

(Whatever they're doing with the bees is probably pretty cool in all seriousness. But also.)

(The review also means extra much to me as an academic librarian who uses Choice literally every week for my own decision-making!)

I do note that the e-book is open access (a major value of mine as a librarian) and free to download here: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... Of course, print copy purchases also help support my stellar Diamond OA press, Open Book Publishers, in the incredible work they do!

If comparably-sized library conferences are maybe very marginally better with its environments, it's more just that they're also marginally worse in terms of the quality of the actual content, so the tonal whiplash doesn't feel quite as severe, if you see what I'm saying

To be clear and fair, it's not that AERA is doing a bad job in being accessible/inclusive, relatively speaking; on the contrary, I see good faith effort from the organizers. It comes much more from venues, other attendees, & just the general experience of existing while trans and disabled in public

and I'm even white, so like I can just imagine

hmm, Bluesky already rife with misinformation, I see (💕)