The last 13 feminist bookstores in the U.S. and Canada

Antigone Bookstore, Tucson, Arizona - the oldest feminist bookstore still in existence

The Last 13 Feminist Bookstores in the U.S. and Canada

I usually post on lost spaces, the womyn's spaces that have been closed, destroyed, forced to go "coed," or  otherwise no longer in existence.

From time to time, I post on lost women's bookstores. But the backlog of lost stores is very long, so I haven't made a lot of progress.

And then on Facebook, I saw the following article from Paste.

There are now just 13, repeat 13, feminist bookstores still in existence in the U.S. and Canada. Let that sink in for a moment....

The Last 13 Feminist Bookstores in the U.S. and Canada

By Anjali Enjeti

May 9, 2014  |  12:20pm

 

In the mid-1990s, there were approximately 120 feminist bookstores in the U.S. and several in Canada. A decade later, that number plummeted to less than 70.

There are only 13 self-described feminist bookstores still in existence today, but the remaining are stalwarts, having outlasted economic downturns, Amazon and the e-book revolution. Each bookstore hosts numerous events throughout the year, often garnering strong support from their communities, and we’ve listed them below.

See the rest here.