Feminist Bookstore Movement Lesbian Antiracism & Feminist Accountability

From the 1970s through the 1990s more than 100 feminist bookstores built a transnational network that helped shape some of feminismand#39;s most complex conversations. Kristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movementand#39;s rise and eventual fall, restoring its radical work to public feminist memory. The bookwomen at the heart of this storyandmdash;mostly lesbians and including women of colorandmdash;measured their success not by profit, but by developing theories and practices of lesbian antiracism and feminist accountability. At bookstores like BookWoman in Austin, the Toronto Womenandrsquo;s Bookstore, and Old Wivesandrsquo; Tales in San Francisco, and in the essential Feminist Bookstore News, bookwomen changed peopleandrsquo;s lives and the world. In retelling their stories, Hogan not only shares the movementand#39;s tools with contemporary queer antiracist feminist activists and theorists, she gives us a vocabulary, strategy, and legacy for thinking through todayand#39;s feminisms.

andquot;A fascinating account of how womenand#39;s bookstores contributed to the antiracist feminist movement and of Kristen Hoganand#39;s personal journey as a bookwoman.andquot;

andquot;Using archival research, interviews, and personal experience, Kristen Hogan offers an insightful, loving history of feminist bookwomenandrsquo;s vital contributions to social-justice work and literary traditions: their literary advocacy, activism, and transformation; complex lesbian antiracist feminisms; multicultural coalition-building; innovative relational reading practices; and impact on transnational feminisms and the book industry. Blending historical recovery with forward-looking calls to action, The Feminist Bookstore Movement should be required reading for any feminist who appreciates a good book.andquot;

Kristen Hogan traces the feminist bookstore movementand#39;s rise and fall, showing how the women at the heart of the movement developed theories and practices of lesbian antiracism and feminist accountability that continue to resonate today.

Kristen Hogan, who worked at BookWoman in Austin and at the Toronto Womenand#39;s Bookstore, is Education Program Coordinator for the University of Texas Gender and Sexuality Center at the University of Texas, Austin.and#160;