January Events and Updates
Mattilda B. Sychamore, Birth Justice, Book Clubs, and more
Hello Everyone! Let’s dive in:
Events
Friday, January 5th, 6:30pm Homesick: Why Housing is Unaffordable and How We Can Change It Reading and signing with Brendan O'Brien and Blythe Roberson
An especially critical book for NYC! Join us on January 5th, 6:30pm for a reading and signing with Brendan O'Brien, in conversation with Blythe Roberson, author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men and America the Beautiful.
Bring your 4 roommates and join us for a discussion on how a basic right like shelter has become an unaffordable luxury for so many of us, and what we can do about it.
Thursday, January 11, 7 - 9pm Jane and Justice: Panel on Abortion & Birth Justice
Join Repair the World NY on Thursday, January 11th at 7 PM for an evening of conversation on birth and abortion justice with Abby Pariser, a longtime activist and former member of Jane, the clandestine Chicago abortion service that provided abortion access before Roe v Wade. We’ll discuss the fight for individual autonomy, equality, and how disparities continue to exist within access to reproductive healthcare.
January 13, 5-7pm Touching the Art with Mattilda B. Sycamore
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will be in conversation with Anastacia Renee and signing copies of her new book, Touching the Art . Touching the Art is a daringly observant memoir about intergenerational trauma, fine art, and compartmentalization from a returning Soft Skull author and Lambda Literary Award winner.
We are very excited to have Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore back at Bluestockings, Sycamore launched her first book at our old location over 20 years ago! A mixture of memoir, biography, criticism, and social history, Touching the Art is queer icon and activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s interrogation of the possibilities of artistic striving, the limits of the middle-class mindset, the legacy of familial abandonment, and what art can and cannot do.
Book Clubs
The Nonbinarian Book Club is a monthly, virtual, queer and trans-focused book club in partnership with Bluestockings Cooperative. Meetings take place on the last Friday of each month and book club picks will be announced via the Nonbinarian Newsletter and social media on the 1st of each month. You can order books for this club from Bluestockings.com and get 15% off instore and online with the code “BOOKBIKE”. If ever you cannot afford to obtain a copy of the book club pick, please reach out to us via Instagram DM @nonbinarianbike or via email. No judgment, no questions. We take care of us.
Queer Book Club NYC is another monthly queer book club that meets online and in person! Email queerbookclubnyc@gmail.com to get involved. You can order books for this club from Bluestockings.com and get 15% off instore and online with the code “BSTOXCLUB”. They are starting off the year with an "Oops, All Graphic Novels" special! January: At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender by Shou Arai,
February: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, and March: Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som.
Do you want to host an event with us? Email events@bluestockings.com
News
Bluestockings Is Facing Eviction for Handing Out Narcan
A recent Curbed article came out that details our fight with the landlord and neigboring tennants who are seeking to evict us over our harm reduction and Free Store efforts. Bluestockings has been in the LES for over 20 years and we refuse to abandon our community now. We are lucky to have been connected with lawyers who are helping us fight these
You can read more about it at the link, and support us in our fight to stay in our community and keep giving out not just Naloxone, but snacks, hygiene products, socks, and other basic necessities everyone should have access to.
Ways to support Bluestockings:
Spread the word and get involved! Post about us, come in for a narcan training, attend events, arrange a fieldtrip
Become a member: Even $2/month is critical to us keeping our space open
Shop with us! Books keep our lights on. Pick up a giftcard, book subscription, or the latest edition of Polysecure
Donate to the bookstore (venmo @bluestockings or paypal) or to the free store (this one is tax deductable!)
We appreciate you all from the bottom of our hearts. Bluestockings is a labor of love and we could not do it without our community
Volunteer With Us
Want to get more involved? You can volunteer with our Free Store or learn to become a Narcan dispensar
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Thanks for reading,
Bluestockings Cooperative