File Under Progressive: Radical Librarians Catalogue for the Cause.

Q: Where can I find a list of feminist on-line zines, blogs, and websites?
Q: What are some of the best self-help books on Adult ADD out there? (books that don't advocate medication)
Q: What is genderfucking?

Radical Reference was set up as a resource for activists during the build up to the Republican National Convention in New York City in 2004. Users ask questions; the site’s collective of registered librarians help connect them with materials, created from a progressive perspective, that might offer answers. The collective is “dedicated to information activism to foster a more egalitarian society,” their website reports.

Though one library-related blog bristled at the thought of librarians mixing personal beliefs with information access, the collective counters that “citizens are less and less informed due to consolidation and corporatization of media.” They claim that the project helps, “inform citizens so that they can participate fully in the democratic process.”

From coming out in adult life to radical reading lists for your kids, the site promises not to traffic in lifestyle judgments.

Thanks, Bitch magazine (article not available online).