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Hey, Wendy.
You know, I forgot it was

"Women's Appreciation Week."

You don't have
to use air quotes,

it's an actual thing.

A whole week to
appreciate women?

Cool!
We finally caught up to sharks.

Wendy, we should be
appreciated every day, okay?

Not just for a week or
whenever the patriarchy decides.

No, this was home office's idea,

and at this branch,
it is for women by a woman.

Bought and built this my-shelf.

Six hours, four splinters,
one awesome shelf.

Did the patriarchy--
I mean, home office,

send you a book list?

No, their only instruction was
to display books representing

all of the viewpoints
of the women in our area.

- In Parkdale?
- Mm-hm!

I just heard two women on
Cowan arguing about urban tree

planning in the middle of
an argument about The Bachelor.

Preeti and Yelena are
still going on about that?

Mm-hm.

All the more
reason for the shelf.

I want women here to
feel heard and appreciated.

Girls, hi! Can you actually
help me unload my car?

You probably can't
carry the heavy stuff,

so just leave that to me, right?

So appreciated.

And that's why
Women's History Month in October

is a different thing than
International Women's Day

right now, okay, Bryce?

I still don't understand.

Because you don't
understand women.

Who does? Am I right, Howard?

Ah, look at that, Venus.

Wonder if they mean
the goddess or the planet.

It's a lady-razor.

Anyhoo, as an equalist--

as an equalist,

I feel that men are
just as important women.

Has anyone thought to
ask men if they might need

a Men's Appreciation Shelf?

Well, those are at
every airport ever.

They're called
the James Patterson section.

Well, I for one think that
Women's Appreciation Week

is a fine time to showcase
some female authors like--

Okay. No, no, no.
You're going to rattle off some

obscure women authors that this
branch doesn't have copies of,

aren't you?

No, I wasn't,
I was going to talk about

some of the ones on this shelf,
like, um, Sam Atwell.

Oh, he's a man.

Oh, um, okay. Lyndsay Salter.

Also a man.

Oh, wow.
Um... surely Vivian Dermay--

Surely is a big dude.

What?

Are the books written
by disabled women

on the other side of the shelf?

Guys, I haven't slept.

The shelf took
longer than anticipated.

I lost the instructions,

and then I found
them stuck to my back,

and then there were two
stick men building it together

and I'm one woman,

and so I snagged this
list from the internet.

Anyhoo, circling back
to my very valid question,

where is the men's shelf?

Right here, apparently.

For God's sake, Bryce,
if you feel so strongly,

why don't you start
a men's appreciation shelf?

Sorry to chime in
on your staff meeting.

I can appreciate that there
are three whole books about

Black women, but why is
it only about their hair?

Our library's stock is limited.

Also, an often overlooked
aspect of herstory--

Just to "Yes And" Sheila,
how come there's also

only one book about
Indigenous women,

and it is written by a tohtineh?

We will change that.

Yes And-ing Jaq's Yes And.

Where are the books
about women who reject

forced housing structures?

Wendy, how are you
at this staff meeting?

Well, I thought
there'd be pastries.

The other branches have
already started posting pics of

their displays on the MPL
website and our branch...

Listen up,
I'm asking you as a friend,

go and find a great
inclusive book celebrating women

and bring it to me.

I'm also telling you
as your boss!

Strong, strong. Forceful, too.

Okay.

You'll feel this
in your arms tomorrow.

It's good for the--
Good for the pipes.

Hey, Big Library. Why don't you
give me a hand, won't you?

Oh, what are we doing?

Well, that talk we had earlier
at the meeting really, uh,

resonated with me,
so I want to--

I want to help promote equality.

Really? That's great!

Yeah. Well, I mean, we're the
only men working today, right?

Well, I mean-- What--

I mean, well, You're part--

I'm full they.

Right! Terrific.

Well, everybody's gotta chip in.

Okay, well, I am on board.

Okay.

What is this?!

I took your advice, Howard,
and I created my own shelf

in protest of the lady-shelf.

Sarcastically!
I was being sarcastic!

"What Roger Feels,
A White Man's Journey"

by Derek Cockburn. Classy.

Thank you.

No, no, no.
Sheila, it wasn't-- I prom--

You have to shut this down now!

Mm-hm.

Jaq, what is this?

Oh, Wendy let a local
artist sell her work

to promote Parkdale's--

Oh, flowers!
It's close-ups of flowers.

I totally get it now.

I mean, yeah,
but they're also paintings--

You know what?

One of these will look
so great in my office.

One of these days someone's
going to beat you to that room.

Well, today's not that day.

Another $150 in
overhead saved, baby.

Come on, let me put
these in my office.

Zhuzh it up a bit,
what do you say?

No, no. They're for sale.

They gotta stay
displayed in the library.

I mean,
if we're being technical,

my office is part of the library

and also, my client loves art.
He could purchase it.

Is that right?

Okay, well, you know,
if you insist.

Um, I'll go get you a box.

Let me know if you
have any questions.

Howard, what's up?

I just wanted to explain
that I was not helping Bryce

with that that
Men's Appreciation Shelf.

Okay.

You could say that
from a very young age,

I was brought up on a steady
diet of feminist literature.

Mm.

And of course at Midtown,
I spearheaded and organized

the Women's Appreciation Week
guest speaker panel.

Cool.

And I'm not sure
I mentioned this,

but my favourite quote of
all time is by the amazing

Toni Morrison.

Yeah, you know,
it goes like this. Um...

"A good man is a good thing,
but there is nothing in

this world better
than a good woman.

She can be your mother,
your wife, your girlfriend,

or your sister,
or someone you work next to.

Don't matter.
You find one, stay there."

Although, I'm often
reminded of my favourite

Toni Morrison quote.

Oh, you've got one too.

"Be wary of those convinced
they know the plight of another.

It's often a mask used
for overcompensation."

Do you know that one?

- No, no.
- Oh.

You know, I must've
missed it on my Toni Morrison

quote-of-the-day calendar.

Yeah, that is her voice, though.

So strong, and so, so wise.

I...

Yeah.

Excuse me. I gotta...

Interesting how quickly

you pulled that quote.

I made it up.

Sometimes it's Toni Morrison.

One time it was
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Bitchin'. The Rock.

Toni, where are you?

Yes!

No, am I even a feminist?

Don't be ridiculous.
Of course you are.

Okay! What do we have?

Howard?

Oh, um, "A Woman's Worth"
by Alex Douglas.

Double checked.

It is in fact a woman
writing about women.

Yeah, white women who
leave women of colour

from the discussion.

Didn't you read
Deb Liu's rebuttal?

When was that published?

I don't know,
I'm not Wikipedia.

It's okay. Room for all kinds
of points of view, right?

Jaq, what you got?

"Womyn Who Make
the Devil Weep,

"A Guide to
Up the Patriarchy."

Oh, big language.

I'm sorry, 2017?

How did I miss this?

You cannot put
an F-bomb up there.

Why not? It's a public library.

You will get public letters.
Very angry letters.

Oh no, no, no, no.
I don't like angry letters.

It gives me agita.

And we don't want that.

Okay, well, we'll just put
this one in front of it.

"Do More, Women Helping Men"
by Jackie Cartwright.

That's disgusting, Bryce.

That's some faux-feminist
bullshit right there.

Language.

Okay, clearly there are books

written by women that
discount the experience

of other groups of women.

Wow. I mean, I am shook.

I'm going to need
a minute here, guys.

So the shelf goes.
That's my suggestion.

Your suggestion doesn't count.

- You're right! It doesn't!
- What?

I just mean that we are
asking the wrong people!

Wendy, I adore you,

and I can see how you
think this is a good idea,

but this is not gonna end well.

You're wrong, Jaq.

This is definitely going
to have a happy ending.

Ladies, come fill up my box!

♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo! ♪

Okay.

"Has anyone seen
the top half of my dentures?"

Uh, this is just
a drawing of a cat.

Okay, "I hate shelves." Next.

"There should be more books
by men for men so men can..."

"This display is so early '90s

and not in a cool
Boyz II Men way."

"My fries were cold."

Yeah, I told you that
this wouldn't end well.

There's just no way that
a shelf can fully represent

the women of Parkdale.

Hey, the shelf is great!

It's an impossible task, Wendy.

You should probably
just get rid of it.

It's Loretta.

Oh, boy.

Hi, Toby.

Hi.

Alvin, maybe can I talk
to you for a second?

Yeah. Uh, just make
yourself at home, okay?

Okay.

Dude, that's Toby Gill,

the youth pastor from
the church on Queen!

Dude, I know. He's my client.
What's up with you?

Well, you should maybe
know that the paintings

that you hung up
in your "office,"

they're not of flowers.

They're-- They're-- They're--

They're vaginas.

What?

- They're vaginas, Alvin.
- No.

A cornucopia of cooters.
Which is awesome,

but maybe not the most
appropriate pieces of art

for a youth pastor.

Oh no. Okay, we are zooming in

two admins from
the church later.

Are you sure that those
paintings are of...

...lady parts?

Positive.
I mean, didn't you see it?

No, and you knew that!

I did, and it was
hilarious at the time,

but now I feel,
I don't know, like,

kind of obligated
to tell you, um...

So, I did,

and, um, peace be with you.

Right. Okay.

How's it going there?

I love the photos that
the other branches are posting.

but I notice that Jameson
hasn't posted any yet.

Is everything okay there?

Yes! I was going to post
a pic of our amazing display,

but patrons keep snatching
books off of the display

and so we have to keep
replenishing the display,

and I realize I'm saying
"display" too much.

Alright, alright. Just make sure
you post one before close

otherwise it's gonna
look like Jameson

doesn't care about women,
and we all know if anyone cares

a little too much it's you!

Okay, bye!

Oh, beagles.

I've failed
the women of Parkdale.

Okay, that one's
actually not bad.

Okay, women of Parkdale,
if this is what you want--

by golly,
this is what you'll get!

What the fresh
fedora hell is this?

I thought this was a joke.

Oh, it's real.

It's very real.
I mean, people are into it.

I even ordered some cookies
here to promote the shelf.

Why would you order cookies?

Yes!

Where did you get these?

Hold the box up. I need a pic.

How? I ordered "men's cookies"
from that bakery on Dufferin,

and they asked me am I okay
with peanuts and I said,

"Yeah, sure, I love peanuts."

Lil' Sugar?! They specialize
in bachelorette parties, dummy!

You didn't order peanut cookies,
you got penis cookies.

Oh, this is so good.

It's not my fault!
That lady had an accent.

Stop.

Hey, can I get one or four?

No, no, no, no, no, no.
Ma'am, these were not meant--

The shelf goes, Bryce.

No, no, no! Owen and I have been
working all morning on this.

Owen, Owen, Owen!
Tell her, tell her. Owen, Owen!

Well, then you wasted
your whole life,

because this shelf is
the most tone-deaf,

dumbest display
I have ever seen!

Bryce, you've got three
books about bow hunting!

Only three books on bow hunting!

Would you two knock it off!?

Patrons are staring!
This is a library!

- Oh, is it? Is it?
- Oh, this is a library.

Come on, synchronized sarcasm?
Charming.

Your shelf sucks, Bryce.
Eat a (bleep).

Yup.

Great advice.
These cookies are stellar.

Yeah, so, I have done
a budget breakdown

for the new youth program.

Mm-hm. Alvin is great.

A man of the community
with a good business sense

and moral compass.

And what a nice office.

Wow.

Look at the art.

Is that a bird of paradise?

Uh-huh. Sure. Sure.

So, if you would focus on
the section of the business plan

that actually, um--

Can you move the computer a
little bit?

Ah! We lost them.

You know what? We should move to
a different part of the office.

Maybe that corner can
get a better signal, you know?

Sophisticated brushstrokes.

Thank you!

I picked them out myself.

Picked!

Because flowers.

That's clever.

Oh, wow.

Alright! We did it!

Okay! Look at that.
It's perfect.

Uh, Wendy?

Yes.

Did you take every book
suggested book out of the box?

Yes, I did, except I ignored
the staff's suggestions

who clearly did not
take this task seriously.

"The Old Cat and the Sea"
by Purrnest Hemingway,

might be a real book.
You don't know.

Uh-huh.

Just calling Loretta.

Hey, Wen--

Loretta, hi! Take a look!

It's fantastic, isn't it?

It's intersectional
and inclusive

and diverse and it represents
all of the women in Parkdale!

Wow.

Hey, have you got the book by
my fave female poet River Wave?

Oh, it's, uh...

Oh, it's right here!

Oh, no, no, no, no!

What happened?!

- What happened?!
- It's fine!

Should I call someone?

Are you okay?

No, it's fine!
Everything's fine!

No offense, ladies,
but the shelf assembly

instructions had
a picture of two stick men.

No.

Unhoused Wendy: I will.
I will speak my truth.

So, Sheila just told me
about the shelf collapsing.

Ever-sweet, that woman,
but the whole "celebrating women

for a week" thing is ridiculous.

There aren't enough
shelves to hold everything

that women have to carry.

That's why I travel light.

Mm-hm.

It was an impossible task.
I warned her.

Didn't you tell Wendy
that a woman should be

appreciated every day?

Yeah. Every day.

Then why aren't you appreciating
and supporting Wendy today?

Her heart was in
the right place. Always is.

I know, but it--
It was just-- It's a week.

I was being laterally violent.

Mm, well, I don't
know what that means,

but I think I made my point.

And you know, you really
stepped this budget out.

You were saying?

It's a really exciting project

with interesting wrinkles.

I'm sorry,
are those paintings of--

Gosh, no. No, they're flowers.

They're totally flowers.

Oh, I can see it.
I can really see it. Oh, wow.

I am so sorry, I didn't
realize when I put it up

that they were that.

Oh. Wow. Oh. Oh, wow.

You know what?
No, no, no, no, uh!

We can move somewhere else.
Perhaps a table in the library?

Yeah, yeah. Okay, because I--

Oh, no. I can't unsee it.

I, uh, have to...

"Mm, look at us,
we're the Midtown branch,

our shelves defy gravity."

Hey, Wendy, you okay?

The other branches
make it look so easy,

their oodles of books,
and tidy shelves,

and their bigger budgets.
What did I do wrong?

No, Wendy,
you did everything right.

Those other branches in
other parts of the city

service a different
type of patron.

Unhoused Wendy:
Yeah, she means rich,

snobby, elitist,

go to brunch type mother--

Wendy, Wendy.

Oh, I'm sorry, I get worked up.

What we all know is
that Jameson is unique.

It's a mix of so many different
kinds of women and experiences.

Yeah, the woman
who sees her stories

reflected back at her.

The woman who's
new to the country

and needs a reliable
place for information.

The woman who just
needs a safe place to nap.

The woman who needs
a quiet washroom to read

and a steady supply of soap.

You know, it's exhausting
not always having the resources

or the right answers,
but this library does help

the women in this area.

And I'm sorry
I wasn't more supportive.

Thanks, Jaq.

Wait, Wendy, you've been
stealing all the washroom soap?!

Sweet Chihuahua,
that stuff is expensive!

Oh, I know.

It gets me a pretty
penny on the streets.

I hope this isn't going
to take long, Big Library.

I got a lot to do today.

No, it won't take long.
Just, here.

Look at this shelf.

All of the authors are male,

and there's shelves like
this all over the library.

Mm-hm.

Okay. Well, what I'm trying
to illustrate is that

men's voices have had
the means to be published

since the beginning of time,
women's voices have not.

Hm.

So, historically there's a bias,
wouldn't you say?

Well,
that's because historically

all the great
achievements have been by us.

Ow. No, Bryce,
the staff is upset with you.

You brought
penis cookies to work.

Your shelf has had its day.
It's time to take it down.

I just feel like it's
unfair that women can be

proud to be women,

but I can't be
proud to be a man.

Be proud, man. No one's
telling you not to be proud.

I mean, I'm proud,
you should be proud.

We're a couple of proud boys.

I'm hearing it now.
Don't ever repeat that.

But look, be proud,

just don't do it by
taking up space from women.

Fine, I'll take it down.

Good.

And I guess
you could say I just had

a come to Lady Jesus moment.

I'm tapped out. Tapped out.

Just joking, real Jesus.

It's fixed!

Did you all do this?

We did.

Bryce here even reinforced it.

You're welcome, female equals.

Wow. I have the best staff.

This is supporting
and appreciating women.

Our shelf died a sad death

and you all
brought it back to life

like a phoenix rising from the--

Please don't make it weird.

If you make it weird,
I'll knock over the shelf.

Good luck with that.

I used double-threaded
lag bolts on this she-wolf here.

You could hump a hippo on that.

Why would there be
a hippo in a library?

Shady.

But if they were going
to hump on anything,

why would it be the shelf?

Thing you need to understand
about hippos, Sheila--

Okay, anyways, there's an open
spot on the shelf for you to

put your favourite book,
which I already know.

And Still I Rise.

Please don't cry.

Oh, I'm not. It's shelf dust.

I still can't see it.

If you just un-focus your eyes,
and look past it,

and then back at it.

Maybe it's upside down?

I'm sorry, guys.

This is beginning to
feel extremely weird.

Oh.

Yeah. There it is.
Take that home with ya.

Very nice!

Yeah.

- Let's go home.
- Yeah.

♪ It'll be so good to get home ♪

- I'm tired.
- So tired.

We've done enough.

We'll fix it tomorrow.

Yeah. Good.

You happy now?