#firestormcoop — Public Fediverse posts

Tonight at 6pm we're capping off a busy day with a mini zine workshop from Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett, creators of "Trans History, A Graphic Novel"! Participants will leave with a completed mini-zine ready for small press shows, portfolios, and trading with friends. Alex and Andrew will also be signing copies of their essential introduction to trans history, available today at a special price.

"Trans History, A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day" is deeply researched, highly readable, and features a broad range of voices. Moving, funny, heartbreaking, and empowering, this remarkable compendium is packed with research on every dynamic page. Learn more at https://firestorm.coop/events/3660-book-signing-and-mini-zine-workshop.html.

#ZineMaking #TransHistory #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Monday, Firestorm is teaming up with scholar Zane McNeill for a conversation on the terrifying new wave of anti-transgender rhetoric and political persecution. Speaking with activists Eric King and Josh Davidson, co-editors of "Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners," we'll put this federal attack on trans rights in historical perspective—connecting it to repression during the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, Black Liberation and Gay Rights Movements, the Green Scare, and solidarity with Palestine.

We'll also explore what we can learn from past struggles—how organizers not only survived but built movements under constant FBI surveillance—highlighting harm and risk reduction strategies that remain relevant today.

Find more and register to join this free event at https://firestorm.coop/events/3478-gender-terrorism-surviving-magas-war-on-trans-people.html. The recorded conversation will also be shared via our YouTube channel for folks who cannot join live!

#TransLiberation #TransRights #LavenderScare #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #WeKeepUsSafe #QueerSouth #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Last year, Amazon wracked up $14.2 billion over a two-day period with their Prime Day sale. Amazon Prime "Day" 2025 will be a four-day event, no doubt still hoping to break their record of how much sweat-shop garbage they can peddle to an increasingly incredulous consumer base. Jeff Bezos, who recently spent an estimated $20 million on his lavish Venetian wedding, doesn't need your money. Resist temptation and scratch your shopping itch by giving a new home to a pre-loved book instead!

Firestorm Books is hosting a book swap on July 9th at our shop in Asheville, NC. 📚♻️

No limit on the number of books you can bring or take, just be considerate of what you bring (don't bring what you think is "trash") or take (don't take aaaaalll the good books)! You're welcome to hang out and read while you sip a complimentary mocktail.

And yes, you can still participate even if you don't have books to contribute!

#BookSwap #ReallyReallyFree #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-E)

On June 19th, we'll be hosting author Jacob Engelsman in conversation with local doula and lactation educator Corey Graywood. Together they'll be discussing Jacob's new book "Lactation for the Rest of Us," a guide for transmasculine parents, transfeminine parents, non-binary parents, queer parents, adoptive parents, and others who are often left out of conversations about chestfeeding.

At a time when the US government is rolling back trans health in devastating ways, this book offers queer and trans people access to leading-edge information about bodily autonomy!

To make this event more accessible, participants may attend in-person or join a live stream of the conversation on our YouTube channel. You can learn more about this event on our website at https://firestorm.coop/events/3402-chestfeeding-for-queer-trans-parents.html.

#QueerSouth #LactationConsultants #QueerParents #TransParents #QueerFamilies #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

“With care, passion, honesty, and insightfulness, 'Trauma, Tresses & Truth' takes readers on a beautiful journey... Each chapter in this thought-provoking and at times heartbreaking collection invites the reader to learn and unlearn about Blackness, white supremacy, class, and surveillance.”—Treva B. Lindsey, PhD, author of "America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice"

On Sunday, April 7th, we're excited to host Lyzette Wanzer, editor of "Trauma, Tresses & Truth," for a conversation with Valerie Carpenter and Barbara Ruth Saunders. Together they'll discuss the politics, policing, and perception of Black and Afro Latina women's natural hair in schools, academia, and corporate America!

Register for this free event, and grab a copy of the book at https://firestorm.coop/events/3164-trauma-tresses-truth.html (link in bio). Not sure if you can make the event? Sign up anyway and you'll receive a link to the recorded conversation when we post it!

#NaturalHair #NaturalHairCommunity #CrownAct #FeministBookstore #TraumaTressesTruth #FirestormCoop (- L)