Bluestockings Bookstore

Since 1999, Bluestockings has been a women’s collective bookstore, dedicated to feminist materials, and more recently LGBT issues as well. Bookslut has an exclusive interview with one of the Bluestockings’ owners, Kimmie David.

Just the fact that it didn’t stay a strictly women’s bookstore is inclusive in not just the gender issues and the transgender issues but with all people that are underrepresented and oppressed. Because all six owners are in these movements, we know from personal experience how they’re shifting and what they’re shifting towards. Because of our history as a feminist and as a women’s bookstore our strongest sections are on gender, transgender, and feminist issues. Of course you want to get books that are representative of history but are also speaking toward current analyses or trends of any movement. The movements that are happening now are reflected on our shelves.