#libleadgender

There is a storify of our Twitter conversation from this afternoon, but here are the questions we asked:

Question 1:

I'd first like to know how the article made you feel. What was your internal or external response and emotions? #libleadgender

— Michelle (@winelibrarian) November 17, 2015

Question 2:

So, we are hoping to get some ideas from you all on how to informally build a community around this topic. Thoughts? #libleadgender

— Michelle (@winelibrarian) November 17, 2015

Question 3:

I had someone ping me offline with a comment for #libleadgender, but it's going to take multiple tweets so bear with me.

— Jessica Olin (@olinj) November 17, 2015

"I keep thinking about gender non-conformity in regards to #libleadgender, both from a narrow(ish) trans* lens, but also in a... 1/?

— Jessica Olin (@olinj) November 17, 2015

very broad "ideal feminity" lens which would include lots of stuff." #libleadgender so... Q3, thoughts on that comment?

— Jessica Olin (@olinj) November 17, 2015

Question 4:

I have an anonymous question for the group. I think we're at Question 4! #libleadgender

— Michelle (@winelibrarian) November 17, 2015

Q4: "How do you deal with an older generation of women who actively block your work because you are younger and female?" #libleadgender

— Michelle (@winelibrarian) November 17, 2015

As of this moment, the Storify is a bit messy. I had a hard time juggling between participating in the discussion and capturing it. I plan to go back in later this week to clean it up.

Moving forward:

We are exploring what to do next, but one thing we know for sure is that we will have another Twitter discussion in the future. If you were unable to attend and want to chime in, please do so in the comments or continue to use #libleadgender on Twitter.

Thank you all for not only participating, but for being so respectful of us and each other. Sometimes I really really love this profession.