Male librarians are seeking to “overthrow the cliché of the bespectacled, permanently shushing female” librarian by publishing a Calendar Girls-style calendar titled “Men of the Stacks.” Featuring twelves dudes, some partial nudity and intriguing books placements, this will surely be a choice 2012 calendar. Plus, all proceeds go to the It Gets Better project. Here’s hoping we have entered the era in which stereotypes are successfully fought off on our walls, month-by-month.
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