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Oregon: Feminist bookstore featured in TV comedy closes its doors, blames white people

Monday, 11 June 2018, 11:45 MJA Uncategorized 27

BPR: A volunteer-operated feminist bookstore is slated to be shuttered at the end of June, and according to its current “owners,” the blame lies entirely on the shoulders of white people.

In a statement published last week, the owners of the Oregon-based In Other Words bookstore explained that the business was originally launched by white people. But despite efforts to “reform” the business by apparently ridding it of its whiteness, the feminists failed.

“The current volunteers and board members stepped into and took over a space that was founded on white, cis feminism (read: white supremacy),” they wrote. “It’s really difficult, actually, impossible, for us to disentangle from that foundational ideology.”

They added that through their efforts, they realized that “reform doesn’t work” — only “abolition” does.

“Patriarchy, White Supremacy, Capitalism cannot be reformed and ever serve the people. Abolition is the goal,” they argued.

And that’s why they’ve decided to shutter the store. They also cited “increased expenses” and a “lack of funds, volunteers and board members,” but they placed most of the blame on white people, of course.  read more

27 Comments on Oregon: Feminist bookstore featured in TV comedy closes its doors, blames white people

  3. In most TV, print, internet, etc., commercials these days, it’s mostly black folk engaging in commerce.
    Blacks must have plenty of expendable cash lying around.
    Yes, blame whitey and hate whitey as a business model should always succeed!

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  10. Lets see, let’s target under 10% of the population (even in an uber liberal place like Oregon) interested in purchasing a book from a bookstore and see how that works out. This is why the left HATES capitalism. They just don’t get it. But instead of blaming their own failed policies and intolerance they double and triple down on it. Morons.

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  12. An article in OrgeonLive says the store got attention because it was used in the show Portlandia. Then of course when the fame doesn’t bring the store money, they rip on it.

    “But it all blew up in 2016, when members of the In Other Words community cut ties with “Portlandia,” and published a blog post on the website (which includes R-rated language) accusing crew members of leaving the store in a mess, noting that being on “Portlandia” didn’t make any money for the center, and attacking the show on a cultural level, as having had “a net negative effect on our neighborhood and the city of Portland as a whole.”

    I think Portland already did that on their own accord, but I digress.

    Then I went and looked up photos of the storefront and when you see “Black Lives Matter” splattered on the front windows, I’m sure that did its part to drive away 98% of whatever business they had LOL.

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  14. For once, I’d like to see a title: “Bookstore closes its doors, blames black people”

    “The current volunteers and board members stepped into and took over a space that was founded on black, lesbian feminism (read: black supremacy),” they wrote. “It’s really difficult, actually, impossible, for us to disentangle from that foundational ideology.”

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  18. Once again, a story of people who cannot count, do not understand the concept of percentages, do not understand that personal insults of customers appeals to a very small base and cannot learn…

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  19. “For once, I’d like to see a title: “Bookstore closes its doors, blames black people”

    Accompanied by pictures of black thugs carrying away stacks of books during a riot. But you’re going to have to hire some Crisis Actors to get those photos.

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  20. The story reminds me of a comedy skit on sat night live I think. A shop owner in a mall sold only one product and that product was scotch tape. He couldn’t understand why he had no customers. It was hilarious.

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  22. I made an observation in the early ’90’s. While the names may be different now, the concept still applies: The number of platitudes about freedom of speech and thought posted in a book store is inversely proportional to the ease with which you can find Rush Limbaugh’s books.

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