<div dir="ltr"><div>Check out this new title: </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dressing-Constitutionally-Hierarchy-Sexuality-Hairstyles/dp/0521140048/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384974630&sr=8-1&keywords=dressing+constitutionally">Dressing Constitutionally: Hierarchy, Sexuality, and Democracy from Our Hairstyles to Our Shoes by Ruthann Robso</a></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br> </div><div class="gmail_extra">Heard a great interview on the Diane Rehm show. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><h2>Ruthann Robson: "Dressing Constitutionally"</h2> <div id="content-area">
<div id="node-18203"><div><a href="http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-08-20/ruthann-robson-dressing-constitutionally">http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-08-20/ruthann-robson-dressing-constitutionally</a></div><p><span>Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 11:06 a.m.</span></p>
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Once you make a policy determining what people can or can't wear, it's a slippery slope of subjective interpretation that could crack open a whole slew of complaints from staff and patrons. Who determines exactly what constitutes pajamas? What about sweatpants? What about workout clothes? Banning leggings worn as pants would be perfectly fine with me, for example, but the difference between yoga pants and leggings can be very subtle. Also, who can wear the pjs and who can't? We give babies a free pass, but what about children? What about a very mature 10 year old girl? What about elderly women wearing a flimsy moo-moo in the summer? Or men wearing extremely tight bike shorts? Underwear and bras hang out everyday, and underwear is worse than pajamas, right? While it is unfortunate that we must endure the sight of all this and more; I don't know if there's a clear cut policy solution to the social annoyance of fashion faux pas.<br>
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Springfield Twp. Library<br>
12000 Davisburg Rd.<br>
Davisburg MI, 48350<br>
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] pajamas in the library<br>
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This is one of my pet peeves. I would like to hear see something on this also.<br>
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Watervliet District Library<br>
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:51 PM, North Adams Library <<a href="mailto:northadamslibrary@gmail.com">northadamslibrary@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hello all,<br>
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How do you address the issue of adults wearing their pjs to the library? Not for a special program, they just are out and about in their pjs. I searched online this weekend for policies dealing with this, but found nothing.<br>
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If you have a policy that addresses this issue, I would appreciate hearing from you.<br>
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