Posted on 06/12/2018 11:56:48 AM PDT by rickmichaels
An iconic feminist bookstore and community space is closing in Portland, Oregon.
What could be the cause of this retailers failure? People dont want to buy their books? Perhaps the rise of e-commerce?
Not in the slightest, obviously. The problem lies in white power, patriarchy and white cisgendered feminism.
Thats the takeaway from a statement posted last Monday announcing the closing of In Other Words, a volunteer-run bookstore made famous by the television show Portlandia. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, the store will be closing at the end of this month and its all the fault of you blue-eyed devils.
The current volunteers and board members stepped into and took over a space that was founded on white, cis feminism (read: white supremacy). Its really difficult, actually, impossible, for us to disentangle from that foundational ideology, the statement said.
Patriarchy, White Supremacy, Capitalism cannot be reformed and ever serve the people. Abolition is the goal.
Apparently, all of us white people are responsible for making In Other Words an unsafe space.
This isnt sustainable, especially emotionally, for the people who come here and work to provide this space as a resource to Portland Feminist communities, the statement said.
Of course, this has nothing to do with people not wanting In Other Words wares. Nor does it have anything to do with the fact the stores management decided to shirk the fame they garnered through Portlandia, severing ties with the show in 2016 because they struggled with the spotlight of the hit show, according to OPB.
Nor was it the fact that as the stores focus has shifted from indie bookstore to community space, it has welcomed groups as diverse as AA meetings to Rock Camp for Girls to anti-racist activists. While this is a nice thing to do, it cant actually be the focus of a business. A bookstore can indeed be an important community space, but its first goal is to sell books.
No, its all the perfidy of white folks. Their supremacy is the sole reason this bookstore is closing down.
There seems to be another non-profit which is interested in running the space, however although its attitude seems to indicate it will run into the same problems the previous group did.
Were definitely keeping things open-ended, in the spirit of In Other Words, said Anna Swanson, a representative of social justice group Critical Resistance.
OPB says shes keeping the space free or low cost and open to all-ages, with an eye to anti-capitalist, anti-racist, intersectional work.
Its really important to us, Swanson said, if we can to keep the space alive in that sense, but also to take the opportunity to transition it out of the sort of intractable problems the volunteers and board are talking about.
Given that the store seems to be definitely anti-capitalist (inasmuch as it cant actually sell enough to stay in business), I think theres one very intractable problem that Critical Resistance will still run into.
Good luck solving that one.
>>Patriarchy, White Supremacy, Capitalism cannot be reformed and ever serve the people. Abolition is the goal.
Feminazism is a militant homofascist supremacist ideolgy and incompatible with a civilized society. They never sought equality, they wanted dominance and to “take away his power”.
But SPLC will never label NOW a hate group.
In one episode Steve Buscemi makes the mistake of coming in to ask to use their restroom.
When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger. - Epicetus
Somehow, I don’t think that chick could pull that little exercise off . . . . IMHO
They catered, they cratered. What bunch of hate filled l I sers.
I found Portlandia hilarious.
Several feminazi leaders denounced psychiatry and celebrated their psychosis. At least one later committed suicide. Kate Millett’s family had her institutionalized against her will.
>>In one episode Steve Buscemi makes the mistake of coming in to ask to use their restroom.
“whadaya think this is?? starbucks????”
they are dangerous to everyone around them.
that is surprising that her family put in the hospital.
not surprising about the suicides.
LOL!
Why did the bookstore have to close even with free labor? The Jaycee Creed explains why in one short line: “Economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise.”
Any business in America that espouses anti-capitalism should fail.
But they miss out on the cat urine scented, hairy, foul mouthed, angry hag experience.
More like a scene from “A Bronx Tale”.
Boy did Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have THEM nailed!
That’s like blaming straights when a homosexual themed store fails, or soccer if a football specialty store goes under. The blame is on the misjudgment by store owners of the quantity of traffic a narrowly specialized store will generate. Anything they sell can be bought on-line, too.
A smile and a laugh lights up an otherwise average face, making her a cutie.
It was the smell.
More winning!
Nobody wants to buy book from a bunch of angry rejects who can do nothing but hate and blame others for their self-induced pathologies.
How can there be a bookSTORE that is anti-capitalist? In other words, it is marxist. Meaning that it is run by the government which sets prices and determines which books are printed and how many.
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