Femme Fatale is a literary character defined as a conniving seductress, someone who cannot be trusted. In the fantasy and science fiction genres, male authors far outnumber the women and their names are more widely recognized. It's time to change that. Femme Fatale is a podcast about the female authors of the fantasy and science fiction world, where their life and works will be celebrated. It's time to change the way women are viewed in literature.
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Femme Fatale is a literary character defined as a conniving seductress, someone who cannot be trusted. In the fantasy and science fiction genres, male authors far outnumber the women and their names are more widely recognized. It's time to change that. Femme Fatale is a podcast about the female authors of the fantasy and science fiction world, where their life and works will be celebrated. It's time to change the way women are viewed in literature.
Episode 10: The Ugly Truth About the Dewey Decimal System
Femme Fatale
44 minutes 10 seconds
3 years ago
Episode 10: The Ugly Truth About the Dewey Decimal System
This week I am talking about the life of Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification system he created.An example of a Dewey Decimal Classification for the book The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab:813.6Sources:https://biography.yourdictionary.com/melvil-deweyhttps://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/03/24/melvil-dewey-compulsive-innovator/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melvil-deweys-name-stripped-top-library-award-180972514/https://libguides.pratt.edu/dewey-decimal-system/melvil-deweyhttps://sixthformstudyskills.ncl.ac.uk/libraries/overview-the-dewey-decimal-system/https://bookriot.com/racism-in-the-dewey-decimal-system/https://www.careharder.com/blog/systemic-injustice-in-the-dewey-decimal-system
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a literary character defined as a conniving seductress, someone who cannot be trusted. In the fantasy and science fiction genres, male authors far outnumber the women and their names are more widely recognized. It's time to change that. Femme Fatale is a podcast about the female authors of the fantasy and science fiction world, where their life and works will be celebrated. It's time to change the way women are viewed in literature.
