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Bluestockings Inc
(212) 777-6028
172 Allen St Frnt 1
New York, NY 10002
New York, NY 10002
Categories: Book Stores
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Updated 08/08/2009
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You may not equate New York with "crafty hot spot," but it's a city full of us creative types, trying to support ourselves without selling out to the man and making some cool shit at the same time. Come get your craft on with me!
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Updated 10/08/2008
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Okay - so, every guy's nightmare has come true to you: you've been replaced by another woman. Ouch. Now, there's a whole host of reasons why this could have happened. Maybe, you were that bad of a boyfriend to her (nah). Maybe, she always knew she was ...
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Bone up – pardon the pun – on some modern-day feminism at this coffee shop cum bookstore. Blue Stockings is well-known for its deviant tastes, but trying to understand the plight of the woman is its specialty. Just ask the female baristas.
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Updated 09/19/2009
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Across the country, in Colorado, where the beer flows from those beautiful mountains, a little political get-together is happening. I think it's called the Democratic National Convention? It may be a big deal, but in true politically competitive fashio...
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I gotta represent my alma mater, Smith College, by including Manhattan’s own left-leaning, feminist bookstore. Forget the other bookstores that start with “B’s”! If you felt apathetic about the election and candidates upon entering, you won’t by the time you leave.
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Updated 07/23/2009
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I already told you about how fantastic libraries are and what bars have their own bookshelves or literary significance in New York, but what if you just want to buy some books??? Well, my Guidespot friends, you have come to the right gal! A few click...
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Not for the politically faint of heart, that’s for sure! Lots of feminist and ultra-politically-activist titles here, with a hint of pretension.
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I once went in here to check it out, and everybody kept staring at me. I think it’s because I have a Y chromosome.
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Even though I don’t have a Y chromosome, I felt stared at too. I think I’m too girly looking, but I’m a Smith grad damnit!
They call it “Dyke Knitting Circle” and someone there will even teach you how to, er, use those sticks and balls.