In the face of book bans and attacks on women’s and LGBTQ rights, vibrant activist communities are coalescing around feminist bookstores.
Violet Valley Bookstore in Water Valley, Miss.
Erin Dougherty took a big risk by opening Eleanor’s Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., is a mid-sized military city which hosts the largest naval base in the world. And Dougherty had never worked in a bookstore and is the sole owner. In addition to hosting a “period pantry,” zine-making workshop and regular book clubs, Eleanor’s recently started organizing “salon talks,” such as the one on feminist pornography. Topics have ranged from gender and enslavement, and racism in the suffrage movement, to LGBTQ+ representation in media.
“Without a feminist bookstore and community spaces, folks comb through books at Barnes and Noble or click through titles on Amazon or watch Netflixa feminist bookstore in Birmingham, Ala. that identifies as “pro Black, pro immigrant, pro trans, pro sex work.”
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