Audre Lorde, in her 1980 essay Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference, describes the "mythical norm" in which most power in society lies. According to Lorde, this norm, which extends to the scholarly publishing world, excludes women, BIPOC folks, and LGBTQ+ folks. Therefore, as information literacy scholars, we ought to recognize how academic publishing reinforces this mythical norm and privileges those who fall within it. We should seek not only traditional scholarly sources, but sources that fall outside of this realm, such as blogs, magazines, and zines that acknowledge lived experiences.
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