{"id":3954,"date":"2024-03-26T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:39:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:39:01","slug":"the-library-young-team-with-alan-bissett-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/03\/26\/the-library-young-team-with-alan-bissett-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library Young Team with Alan Bissett, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bannerman High School is among 10 secondary schools across Glasgow City Council and Renfrewshire to take part in a project co-run with Renfrewshire School Libraries. The project is called \u201cThe Library Young Team\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and it is supported by the\u00a0Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Our second session for this project consisted in a brilliant visit from Scottish author Alan Bissett, where a group of S3 boys engaged with topics such as toxic masculinity, lad culture, and consent. Alan Bissett used his most recent book “Lads: a Guide to Respect and Consent”<\/a><\/em> and his collaboration with Police Scotland’s campaign “Don’t Be That Guy”<\/a> as foundations for a conversation with young boys on empathizing with the issue of women’s safety and giving advice on how to behave respectfully around girls and women. He also spoke about how socio-cultural expectations on boys and gender roles create a damaging barrier that prevents young men from talking about their emotions and mental health with potentially dangerous consequences. This useful advice was intervaled with some light-hearted banter and our S3 responded very positively to this visit – we all enjoyed it, thank you Alan!<\/p>\n\n\t\t