The new town librarian in Concrete, Washington turns out to also be the town dominatrix
Shahan, hired in June to run this little town's new library, made headlines earlier this week when her private life as Lady Jane Grey was made public in the Skagit Valley Herald.The kinky Web site has since been taken off line. The people of Concrete question whether a person with interesting sexual habits should have educational responsibilitiesLady Jane Grey, Shahan's alias, is the star of a kinky Web site that describes her as "sadistic, yet caring" and promises "she will transform you into a weak-willed toy for her pleasure."
"If she can keep that business to herself, and her private life doesn't interfere with her job, that's one thing. But if she associates with kids." McAdam paused. "I don't know if I'd want to see children influenced by someone with that kind of behavior."Relax, Mr. McAdam. In our country, people with all kinds of questionable backgrounds are given educational responsibilities. For example, the ranking member of the United States Senate's education committee was expelled from Harvard for cheating and went on to kill a woman with whom he was having an extra-marital affair. He now makes only positive contributions to the world of education. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 16, 2003 10:05 AM
Wonderful headline.
I guess they're not making librarians like they used to.
Posted by: Joanne Jacobs on August 18, 2003 01:35 AMI can see both sides of this question.
Yin, the second-to-last thing we need in our bedrooms is snooping neighbors (the first being the government). Let the woman do whatever she wants after work.
Yang, sometimes people with 'different' lifestyles decide they want to use their job or other position of authority as a springboard for activism or conversion. PC attitudes then make it hard to remove the person or even tell them just to do their frigging job.
Posted by: Ryan Waxx on August 18, 2003 03:46 AMI think they've ALWAYS made librarians this way!
All the best librarians of my past have had a slightly - umm - frightening edge to them.
Posted by: Michael Tinkler on August 18, 2003 06:05 AMShe's not making bombs, killing cops, or breaking folks out of prison either.
Posted by: Andy Freeman on August 18, 2003 08:28 AMIs anyone else replaying scenes from The Music Man while reading this?
"The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me...."
One wonders if someone who use such a dull name - Lady Jane Gray - has the wit and imagination to be useful in a literary setting.
Posted by: jc on August 18, 2003 02:06 PMRead Tobias Wolff's "A Boy's Life" for a view of Concrete. Living there would be punishment enough, I'd think. How busy can she be?
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