tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15311875.post112567023944186147..comments2023-12-28T07:34:06.559-05:00Comments on MIsForMalevolent: A is for Alpha-Bet - or - What's on the Reading List?MisAnDropehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04002635532122273531noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15311875.post-1125798354886698772005-09-03T21:45:00.000-04:002005-09-03T21:45:00.000-04:00Also, works from more obscure authors tend to be c...Also, works from more obscure authors tend to be constantly fluctuating in and out of print and going from one publisher to the next. When in doubt, ask for a search and maybe you can special order it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15311875.post-1125798201505296462005-09-03T21:43:00.000-04:002005-09-03T21:43:00.000-04:00It's just as often the problem of the publisher/di...It's just as often the problem of the publisher/distributor in getting those books to the shelves and customers. On a floor stocked with pieces expected to move, some seminal books to men's studies are overlooked in order to give the bigger sellers more facetime.<BR/><BR/>Also, there is the problem of not enough material to make an entire men's studies/rights section. More studies and writers are needed to make the area of study truly contemporary and "worth it" to major booksellers to make sections for it.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry that that woman was being such a *. Behavior like that often says more about the person than it does about the target. You should write to B + N corporate and let them know what happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15311875.post-1125724861685971122005-09-03T01:21:00.000-04:002005-09-03T01:21:00.000-04:00Barnes and Nobles has been under the feminist thra...Barnes and Nobles has been under the feminist thrall for as long as I can remember. For instance, in the early 80s I tried to replace my lost copy of Thomas Berger's <I>Regiment of Women</I>, a merciless lampoon of feminism. The largest B&N in NYC had a shelf with the "complete" works of Berger--complete, of course, except for that book.<BR/><BR/>Another time I asked a male clerk for the Men's section (since they had a very extensive Women's section). He grinned at me and led me to a copy of <I>Iron John</I>. When I explained that I was interested in men's <I>rights</I>, a female clerk from two aisles across called me a pig. It seemed the whole place was staffed with lesbian feminists and men who had been "fixed." (The fact that the headquarters of N.O.W. was 2 blocks away heightened my suspicion.)<BR/><BR/>I'm certain that many of the buying decisions for the book chains are made by (shudder!) politicized women's studies graduates, so don't expect much from any of them. But B&N is still probably the worst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com