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My first choice in bookstores are the ones owned by women, but I am also an avid supporter
of bookstore collectives, which go above and beyond the call of duty in serving their
communities. Bookstore collectives often organize teach-ins, protests and other community
events. I have not been able to find an online listing of nationwide bookstore collectives.
The incredibly popular Slingshot Daily Planner has the most comprehensive listing
of bookstore collectives I am aware of; you can get one at slingshot.tao.ca. Other
collectives can be found by hitting the links at the Lucy Parsons Center (tao.ca/~lucyparsons/).

Feminist Bookstores Index

This listing of women-owned bookstores primarily focuses in the United States and
Canada, but has listings from all over the world. I don’t know how often they update
this site because New York City’s Bluestocking Books is not listed, and they opened
in 1999. igc.org/women/bookstores.

bookhousecafe. com

An online bookstore and community for black, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and
same-gender-loving folks. Contains a gigantic listing of books, a book club and many
other amenities.

booksense. com

You can enter your zip code to find all the independent bookstores in your area. Keep
in mind that just because a bookstore is locally owned does not make it a proactive
community forum. It was, after all, a female independent bookstore owner in Flagstaff
who abruptly cancelled a scheduled reading by telling me that
Cunt
“did not promote family values.”

Underground Publishers Conference

See
Clamor
magazine. This is another Become the Media project.

Pacific Asian American Women Writers—West

A nonprofit arts organization fostering artistic development in women writers of color
and promoting, perpetuating and preserving Asian American and Pacific Islander literature,
history and arts.
paawww.org
.

Context Books

Any company that has the courage to publish Derrick Jensen’s
A Language Older Than Words
and
The Culture of Make Believe
is tops in my book. contextbooks.com.

mosaicbooks.com

A quarterly print and frequently updated online publication showcasing writers of
color. Contains a gigantic listing of kickass links to organizations, people-of-color-owned
bookstores and book clubs all over the U.S. and, for some reason, Italy.

Seal Press/Avalon Publishing Group

But of course! Check out Seal’s great list o’ books at
www.sealpress.com
. Avalon Publishing Group, of which Seal is now a part, also has some fabulous and
subversive stuff. They can be found at avalonpub.com. Seal is still independent and
not owned by some big, bad media conglomerate but by Avalon Publishing Group which
consists of five imprints, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Thunder’s Mouth Press, Marlowe
& Company, Seal Press and Blue Moon Books. All five are independent presses that have
been combined under Avalon.

Soft Skull Press

“Fearless, progressive punk-rock/hip-hop literature.” Publishers of
The Battle of Seattle
,
Fortunate Son
and many other important works. softskull.com.

Spinsters Ink

One of the few independent women’s publishers in the United States. PO. Box 22005,
Denver, CO, 80222, (800) 301-6860, spinsters-ink.com.

chicanawriter. com

A networking site for Chicana writers.

Independent Publishing Resource Center

The name says it all: the IPRC offers everything you need to self-publish, but you
gotta go to Portland. 917 SW Oak Street #218, Portland, OR 97205, (503) 827-0249,
[email protected], iprc.org.

Eve’s Eye Press

Eve’s Eye offers an online mag (
Unpopular Opinions
), a catalog of the books they publish, and kickass links. P.O. Box 5003, Glendale,
CA 91221, [email protected], eveseye.com.

Aunt Lute Books

A multicultural women’s press publishing such important works as Gloria Anzaldúa’s
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
, Audre Lorde’s
Cancer Journals
and the anthology
I Remember: Writings by Bosnian Women Refugees
. Aunt Lute stands out as one of the oldest, most dynamic independent presses in the
country. P.O. Box 410687, San Francisco, CA 94141, (800) 949-LUTE, auntlute.com.

Bookmobile Project/Projet Mobilivre

The Bookmobile Project was founded by the Bookmobile Collective, a group of emerging
North American artists and community activists. The group travels around the U.S.
and Canada in an Airstream trailer stocked with independently published books and
zines, visiting community centers, prisons and remote regions all over eastern North
America and the U.S. Midwest. They also facilitate free bookbinding and zine-making
workshops, discussions, video screenings and related educational forums. Support Bookmobile/Mobilivre!
The more support they get, the more places they can go. C/O Space 1026, 1026 Arch
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, [email protected], mobilivre.org.

radio4all.org

“Connects you to the movement to reclaim the airwaves.” With micro news radio archives,
micro radio station information and links to micro stations all over the country.
Will help you start your own low-power FM radio station. Part of the wonderfully revolutionary
digitaldisaster.org network.

Free Speech TV

This is the only U.S. teevee station I’m aware of that actually gives you news and
assumes its viewers possess intelligence. Full-time satellite on the Dish Network:
channel 9415. Part-time cable: check your local listing to see if you have it. Affiliate
channels all over the country. P.O. Box 6060, Boulder, CO 80306, freespeech.org.

bringthenoise. com

Underground world Internet radio with news, shows, top ten countdowns and grassroots
resistance concerts and events.

Listen Up!

Since January 1999, Listen Up! has helped more than a thousand young people from diverse
backgrounds research, write, produce, edit and distribute their own media, organizing
conferences, festivals, internships and funding for projects. 6 E 32nd Street, 8th
floor, New York, NY 10016, (212) 725-7000, listenup.org.

mediawatch.com

“Challenging racism, sexism and violence in the media through education and action,”
Media Watch distributes videos, media literacy kits and newsletters to help create
more informed media viewers. A great resource for everyone, especially educators,
concerned parents and students.

Telemanita AC

A Mexican website helping women in video production organize and educate. En Español.
Apartado Postal 199, Tepoztlán, Morelos, CP 62520, (52) 739-516-56, laneta.apc.org/telemanita.

infoshop.org

An anarcho-media site with a reading room, coverage of anti-capitalist movements,
and many other resources. Just insanely comprehensive. They even have quotes of the
week from geniuses like Eduardo Galeano.

5050summit.com

A website with info on historical women filmmakers, stats on women film directors,
director interviews and great links.

standby.org

Provides cheap post-production services to video filmmakers. Also publishes
Felix
, a great journal for video makers.

Paper Tiger Television

Smashing the myths of the information industry. Support Paper Tiger! 339 Lafayette
Street, New York, NY 10012, (212) 420-9045, papertiger.org.

Deep Dish Television

A national satellite network (Free Speech TV is on it) linking producers, programmers,
independent video makers, activists and people who support a progressive teevee network.
Same mailing address as Paper Tiger Television. (212) 473-8933, Igc.org/deepdish.

Jean Kilbourne

An analyst of advertising images of women, a public speaker and the creator of the
documentary
Killing Us Softly
(and others). Lordly & Dame, 51 Church Street, Boston, MA 02116, (617) 482-3593,
jeankilbourne.com.

graffiti.org

Showcases graffiti artists from all over the world, with information, history, resources
and events.

gendertalk.com

Home of a Boston talk-radio program on gender issues, featuring over 250 inspiring,
entertaining, informative programs covering every aspect of gender. Includes an extensive
resources section.

Mad Screenwriter

Writing, film, music, history, technology, resources, links, casting calls, a reference
desk and multimedia galleries. madscreenwriter. com/womens.htm.

Women in the Director’s Chair

941 W Lawrence #500, Chicago, IL 60640, (773) 907-0610, widc.org.

About-Face

A San Francisco—based nonprofit that promotes positive self esteem in girls and women
of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through their spirited approach to media
education, outreach, poetic guerrilla activism tactics and much more. about-face.org.

Video Data Bank

A resource library of videotapes by and about contemporary video artists. Founded
in 1976, at the beginning of the U.S. media arts movement. 112 S Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 345-3550, vdb.org.

Asian Media Access

AMA’s mission is to “connect the disconnected,” challenging the traditional isolation
of Asian-American communities by helping Asian-Americans realize the media can be
an effective tool for communication and education. amamedia.org.

Sisters in Cinema

Sisters in Cinema is a resource guide for African-American women filmmakers. The site
has (among other cool things) clips from Yvonne Welbon’s documentary
Sisters in Cinema
, an overview of African-American women filmmakers from the 1920s to today. sistersincinema.com.

Women Make Movies

Get their catalog to create a film festival in your town. 462 Broadway, Suite 500WS,
New York, NY 10013, (212) 925-0606, wmm.com.

CFMDC

The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. 37 Hanna Avenue, Suite 220, Toronto,
Ontario, M6K 1W8, Canada, (416) 588-0725, cfmdc.org.

Zeitgeist Films

A catalog of great independent films from all over the place. 247 Centre Street, Second
Floor, New York, NY 10013, (212) 274-1989, zeitgeistfilms.com.

First Run Features

First Run Features was recently honored by MOMA for its more than twenty ass-busting
years of indie-homo film distribution. 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014, (800)
229-8575, firstrunfeatures.com.

Third World Newsreel

Founded in 1967 as Newsreel, TWN is one of the oldest alternative media organizations
in the United States. TWN has trained over 250 film and video artists through its
annual Advanced Film and Video Production Workshop. 545 Eighth Avenue, Tenth Floor,
New York, NY 10018, (212) 947-9277, twn.org.

mediarights.org

A community website that helps media makers, educators, nonprofits and activists use
documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues.
The site offers documentaries on issues facing most everyone who lives in the real
world.

The Video Activist Network

Everything for the established and aspiring video activist. videoactivism.org.

Frameline

Frameline provides access to films dealing with issues related to sexuality and gender.
Each year they present the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay (but not transgendered???)
Film Festival. frameline.org.