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#FireStormCoop Queer feminist collective in #Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on #firstnations #Cherokee/Tsalagi land.

#FireStormCoop Queer feminist collective in #Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on #firstnations #Cherokee/Tsalagi land.

#FireStormCoop Queer feminist collective in #Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on #firstnations #Cherokee/Tsalagi land.

#FireStormCoop Queer feminist collective in #Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on #firstnations #Cherokee/Tsalagi land.

#FireStormCoop Queer feminist collective in #Asheville, NC, operating a bookstore co-op & social movement space since 2008 on #firstnations #Cherokee/Tsalagi land.

This Sunday we're hosting "Scapegoat" author Clare Follmann and activist Patty Krawec for a virtual conversation about the the outdated narrative of "invasive species" and their management!

Drawing on environmental science and semiotics, "Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong" (AK Press, 2026) recounts how the use of biased rhetoric and inaccessible language has created support for a popular but misleading war of “native” against “invasive” that does nothing to address the root cause of biodiversity loss: the global capitalist system that is destroying our planet.

Sign up for the virtual event and find your copy of "Scapegoat" at https://app.hi.events/event/7245/invasive-species-and-capitalism. Not able to attend the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recorded event to stream at your convenience!

#InvasiveSpecies #SpeciesManagement #EcoReads #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday we're hosting "Scapegoat" author Clare Follmann and activist Patty Krawec for a virtual conversation about the the outdated narrative of "invasive species" and their management!

Drawing on environmental science and semiotics, "Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets Wrong" (AK Press, 2026) recounts how the use of biased rhetoric and inaccessible language has created support for a popular but misleading war of “native” against “invasive” that does nothing to address the root cause of biodiversity loss: the global capitalist system that is destroying our planet.

Sign up for the virtual event and find your copy of "Scapegoat" at https://app.hi.events/event/7245/invasive-species-and-capitalism. Not able to attend the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recorded event to stream at your convenience!

#InvasiveSpecies #SpeciesManagement #EcoReads #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

⛓️‍💥 Do Not Confuse Punishment for Justice ⛓️‍💥

They're here! We could not be more stoked about how this fundraiser shirt for our local bail fund turned out. We adore the defiant canine designed by Turned Worm Studios and the print came out so crisp and striking.

100% of the profits from yhis shirr are being donated to the Asheville Community Bail Fund — every shirt sold puts $25 toward getting someone out! We know that putting people in cages doesn't make us safer. But supporting your local bail fund does 🫡

Available in sizes S-5XL https://firestorm.coop/products/25247-do-not-confuse-punishment-for-justice-avl-community-bail-fund-benefit-t-shirt.html

#QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

⛓️‍💥 Do Not Confuse Punishment for Justice ⛓️‍💥

They're here! We could not be more stoked about how this fundraiser shirt for our local bail fund turned out. We adore the defiant canine designed by Turned Worm Studios and the print came out so crisp and striking.

100% of the profits from yhis shirr are being donated to the Asheville Community Bail Fund — every shirt sold puts $25 toward getting someone out! We know that putting people in cages doesn't make us safer. But supporting your local bail fund does 🫡

Available in sizes S-5XL https://firestorm.coop/products/25247-do-not-confuse-punishment-for-justice-avl-community-bail-fund-benefit-t-shirt.html

#QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

Next Monday, we're teaming up with Asheville Food & Beverage United to host Daniel Gross, author of "Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work... and the World." Together we'll discuss the state of labor organizing in Asheville and how workers can build unions that are led by members, powered by direct action, and aimed at fundamental change!

"Unions of Our Own" (Haymarket Books, 2026) is about maximizing our chance of victory: unions where workers are fully meeting needs, honoring their values, and advancing a transformational vision of the world.

https://firestorm.coop/events/3603-unions-of-our-own.html

#SolidarityUnionism #AshevilleFoodAndBev #FeministBookstore #SolidarityUnionNetwork #FirestormCoop (- L)

Next Monday, we're teaming up with Asheville Food & Beverage United to host Daniel Gross, author of "Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work... and the World." Together we'll discuss the state of labor organizing in Asheville and how workers can build unions that are led by members, powered by direct action, and aimed at fundamental change!

"Unions of Our Own" (Haymarket Books, 2026) is about maximizing our chance of victory: unions where workers are fully meeting needs, honoring their values, and advancing a transformational vision of the world.

https://firestorm.coop/events/3603-unions-of-our-own.html

#SolidarityUnionism #AshevilleFoodAndBev #FeministBookstore #SolidarityUnionNetwork #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday our birthday party kicks off at 3pm, but we hope you'll come early for a conversation with local author and activist Clare Hanrahan!

Clare will present her new book "Elder & Sage Community Gardens: An Urban Uprising," which tells the story of the tenacious group of wayside gardeners who turned a vacant lot at 33 Page Avenue in Downtown Asheville into a community garden. Clare has been a fixture of local social justice movements for the better part of four decades and we so appreciate the way she has lovingly documented the community work she's been a part of. Let's celebrate our gardens and our co-ops this weekend!

Additional information and book purchasing can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3605-the-elder-sage-community-gardens.html.

#UrbanGarden #AshevilleStrong #828IsGreat #FeministBookstore #ElderAndSageCommunityGarden #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday our birthday party kicks off at 3pm, but we hope you'll come early for a conversation with local author and activist Clare Hanrahan!

Clare will present her new book "Elder & Sage Community Gardens: An Urban Uprising," which tells the story of the tenacious group of wayside gardeners who turned a vacant lot at 33 Page Avenue in Downtown Asheville into a community garden. Clare has been a fixture of local social justice movements for the better part of four decades and we so appreciate the way she has lovingly documented the community work she's been a part of. Let's celebrate our gardens and our co-ops this weekend!

Additional information and book purchasing can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3605-the-elder-sage-community-gardens.html.

#UrbanGarden #AshevilleStrong #828IsGreat #FeministBookstore #ElderAndSageCommunityGarden #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday our birthday party kicks off at 3pm, but we hope you'll come early for a conversation with local author and activist Clare Hanrahan!

Clare will present her new book "Elder & Sage Community Gardens: An Urban Uprising," which tells the story of the tenacious group of wayside gardeners who turned a vacant lot at 33 Page Avenue in Downtown Asheville into a community garden. Clare has been a fixture of local social justice movements for the better part of four decades and we so appreciate the way she has lovingly documented the community work she's been a part of. Let's celebrate our gardens and our co-ops this weekend!

Additional information and book purchasing can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3605-the-elder-sage-community-gardens.html.

#UrbanGarden #AshevilleStrong #828IsGreat #FeministBookstore #ElderAndSageCommunityGarden #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday our birthday party kicks off at 3pm, but we hope you'll come early for a conversation with local author and activist Clare Hanrahan!

Clare will present her new book "Elder & Sage Community Gardens: An Urban Uprising," which tells the story of the tenacious group of wayside gardeners who turned a vacant lot at 33 Page Avenue in Downtown Asheville into a community garden. Clare has been a fixture of local social justice movements for the better part of four decades and we so appreciate the way she has lovingly documented the community work she's been a part of. Let's celebrate our gardens and our co-ops this weekend!

Additional information and book purchasing can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3605-the-elder-sage-community-gardens.html.

#UrbanGarden #AshevilleStrong #828IsGreat #FeministBookstore #ElderAndSageCommunityGarden #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday our birthday party kicks off at 3pm, but we hope you'll come early for a conversation with local author and activist Clare Hanrahan!

Clare will present her new book "Elder & Sage Community Gardens: An Urban Uprising," which tells the story of the tenacious group of wayside gardeners who turned a vacant lot at 33 Page Avenue in Downtown Asheville into a community garden. Clare has been a fixture of local social justice movements for the better part of four decades and we so appreciate the way she has lovingly documented the community work she's been a part of. Let's celebrate our gardens and our co-ops this weekend!

Additional information and book purchasing can be found at https://firestorm.coop/events/3605-the-elder-sage-community-gardens.html.

#UrbanGarden #AshevilleStrong #828IsGreat #FeministBookstore #ElderAndSageCommunityGarden #FirestormCoop (- L)

Hey, do you publish zines?? 👀

In addition to stocking both free and for-purchase pamphlets at our bookstore, we mail zines to our sustainers each month—and we're always looking for exciting new material! If you've got a recently published zine that you think would appeal to our community, send us an email about it: [email protected] 💌

What we're looking for:
• Comics, perzines, essays, poetry, or mixed format!
• At least 12 pages long (sorry, no mini zines please!)
• 60+ copies
• $5 or less per zine

We'd love to see your work, but our email will not accept attachments over 10 MB, so either send a short excerpt or a link to view the larger file in the cloud. Because we select just one zine per month to send out, we won't be able to take every suggestion!

#Zinestagram #DIYPublishing #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Hey, do you publish zines?? 👀

In addition to stocking both free and for-purchase pamphlets at our bookstore, we mail zines to our sustainers each month—and we're always looking for exciting new material! If you've got a recently published zine that you think would appeal to our community, send us an email about it: [email protected] 💌

What we're looking for:
• Comics, perzines, essays, poetry, or mixed format!
• At least 12 pages long (sorry, no mini zines please!)
• 60+ copies
• $5 or less per zine

We'd love to see your work, but our email will not accept attachments over 10 MB, so either send a short excerpt or a link to view the larger file in the cloud. Because we select just one zine per month to send out, we won't be able to take every suggestion!

#Zinestagram #DIYPublishing #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

What can trans people expect from pregnancy and what roles do supportive friends, family members, and care providers play?

This Saturday at 6pm ET, join editor Simon Knaphus alongside contributors to a groundbreaking new anthology from @pmpress about navigating family building, pregnancy, fertility treatments, conception, loss, healthcare, abortion, childbirth, the early days of parenting, and the intersections of legal, political, and cultural contexts. This virtual event will include readings, discussion, and a chance to ask your questions!

Sign up and claim your copy of "Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy" at https://app.hi.events/event/7167/gender-expansive-pregnancy. Not able to attend live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience later!

#TransHealth #TransPregnancy #NonbinaryPregnancy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

What can trans people expect from pregnancy and what roles do supportive friends, family members, and care providers play?

This Saturday at 6pm ET, join editor Simon Knaphus alongside contributors to a groundbreaking new anthology from @pmpress about navigating family building, pregnancy, fertility treatments, conception, loss, healthcare, abortion, childbirth, the early days of parenting, and the intersections of legal, political, and cultural contexts. This virtual event will include readings, discussion, and a chance to ask your questions!

Sign up and claim your copy of "Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy" at https://app.hi.events/event/7167/gender-expansive-pregnancy. Not able to attend live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience later!

#TransHealth #TransPregnancy #NonbinaryPregnancy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

How do we reverse the suicidal course of capitalist society and build a liberated world?

This weekend we're teaming up with @pmpress to host a virtual conversation between Jarrod Shanahan, author of the recently published essay collection "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help," and writer Eman Abdelhadi. Together they'll reflect on Jarrod's book and the last decade of US struggles—including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture.

Register for this free event and find your copy of "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help" at https://app.hi.events/event/7035/every-fire-needs-a-little-bit-of-help. Not able to attend in person? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!

#EveryFireNeedsALittleBitOfHelp #GiveTheAnarchistACigarette #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

How do we reverse the suicidal course of capitalist society and build a liberated world?

This weekend we're teaming up with @pmpress to host a virtual conversation between Jarrod Shanahan, author of the recently published essay collection "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help," and writer Eman Abdelhadi. Together they'll reflect on Jarrod's book and the last decade of US struggles—including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture.

Register for this free event and find your copy of "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help" at https://app.hi.events/event/7035/every-fire-needs-a-little-bit-of-help. Not able to attend in person? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!

#EveryFireNeedsALittleBitOfHelp #GiveTheAnarchistACigarette #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

How do we reverse the suicidal course of capitalist society and build a liberated world?

This weekend we're teaming up with @pmpress to host a virtual conversation between Jarrod Shanahan, author of the recently published essay collection "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help," and writer Eman Abdelhadi. Together they'll reflect on Jarrod's book and the last decade of US struggles—including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture.

Register for this free event and find your copy of "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help" at https://app.hi.events/event/7035/every-fire-needs-a-little-bit-of-help. Not able to attend in person? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!

#EveryFireNeedsALittleBitOfHelp #GiveTheAnarchistACigarette #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

How do we reverse the suicidal course of capitalist society and build a liberated world?

This weekend we're teaming up with @pmpress to host a virtual conversation between Jarrod Shanahan, author of the recently published essay collection "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help," and writer Eman Abdelhadi. Together they'll reflect on Jarrod's book and the last decade of US struggles—including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture.

Register for this free event and find your copy of "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help" at https://app.hi.events/event/7035/every-fire-needs-a-little-bit-of-help. Not able to attend in person? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!

#EveryFireNeedsALittleBitOfHelp #GiveTheAnarchistACigarette #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

How do we reverse the suicidal course of capitalist society and build a liberated world?

This weekend we're teaming up with @pmpress to host a virtual conversation between Jarrod Shanahan, author of the recently published essay collection "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help," and writer Eman Abdelhadi. Together they'll reflect on Jarrod's book and the last decade of US struggles—including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion—alongside the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, and an apocalyptic shift in popular culture.

Register for this free event and find your copy of "Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help" at https://app.hi.events/event/7035/every-fire-needs-a-little-bit-of-help. Not able to attend in person? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!

#EveryFireNeedsALittleBitOfHelp #GiveTheAnarchistACigarette #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

OMG Firestorm is turning 18?! Lift a glass (or maybe a bottle 😉) to the end of our youth. We're celebrating the milestone with a limited edition shirt from one of our favorite seditious artists—KRIME.

Starting today you can preorder one of these gorgeous gorgon shirts on our website for $36. They'll be printed by the good folks at Black Moon Ink on a 100% combed cotton tee from AS Colour, a company focused on high-quality, longer-lasting apparel. These shirts are tough enough to wear reading critical theory, but cozy enough for a fantasy novella!

Place your preorder before Sunday, May 3rd at https://firestorm.coop/products/24878-firestorm-birthday-t-shirt-preorder.html 📦

#FeministBookstore #TurnCopsToStone #Gorgon #FeministMythology #FirestormCoop (- L)

OMG Firestorm is turning 18?! Lift a glass (or maybe a bottle 😉) to the end of our youth. We're celebrating the milestone with a limited edition shirt from one of our favorite seditious artists—KRIME.

Starting today you can preorder one of these gorgeous gorgon shirts on our website for $36. They'll be printed by the good folks at Black Moon Ink on a 100% combed cotton tee from AS Colour, a company focused on high-quality, longer-lasting apparel. These shirts are tough enough to wear reading critical theory, but cozy enough for a fantasy novella!

Place your preorder before Sunday, May 3rd at https://firestorm.coop/products/24878-firestorm-birthday-t-shirt-preorder.html 📦

#FeministBookstore #TurnCopsToStone #Gorgon #FeministMythology #FirestormCoop (- L)

OMG Firestorm is turning 18?! Lift a glass (or maybe a bottle 😉) to the end of our youth. We're celebrating the milestone with a limited edition shirt from one of our favorite seditious artists—KRIME.

Starting today you can preorder one of these gorgeous gorgon shirts on our website for $36. They'll be printed by the good folks at Black Moon Ink on a 100% combed cotton tee from AS Colour, a company focused on high-quality, longer-lasting apparel. These shirts are tough enough to wear reading critical theory, but cozy enough for a fantasy novella!

Place your preorder before Sunday, May 3rd at https://firestorm.coop/products/24878-firestorm-birthday-t-shirt-preorder.html 📦

#FeministBookstore #TurnCopsToStone #Gorgon #FeministMythology #FirestormCoop (- L)

OMG Firestorm is turning 18?! Lift a glass (or maybe a bottle 😉) to the end of our youth. We're celebrating the milestone with a limited edition shirt from one of our favorite seditious artists—KRIME.

Starting today you can preorder one of these gorgeous gorgon shirts on our website for $36. They'll be printed by the good folks at Black Moon Ink on a 100% combed cotton tee from AS Colour, a company focused on high-quality, longer-lasting apparel. These shirts are tough enough to wear reading critical theory, but cozy enough for a fantasy novella!

Place your preorder before Sunday, May 3rd at https://firestorm.coop/products/24878-firestorm-birthday-t-shirt-preorder.html 📦

#FeministBookstore #TurnCopsToStone #Gorgon #FeministMythology #FirestormCoop (- L)

OMG Firestorm is turning 18?! Lift a glass (or maybe a bottle 😉) to the end of our youth. We're celebrating the milestone with a limited edition shirt from one of our favorite seditious artists—KRIME.

Starting today you can preorder one of these gorgeous gorgon shirts on our website for $36. They'll be printed by the good folks at Black Moon Ink on a 100% combed cotton tee from AS Colour, a company focused on high-quality, longer-lasting apparel. These shirts are tough enough to wear reading critical theory, but cozy enough for a fantasy novella!

Place your preorder before Sunday, May 3rd at https://firestorm.coop/products/24878-firestorm-birthday-t-shirt-preorder.html 📦

#FeministBookstore #TurnCopsToStone #Gorgon #FeministMythology #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday, we're excited to host Argentinian anarchist Tomas Rothaus, author of the recently publish memoir "Another War Is Possible," which takes us on a wild, bumpy, and beautiful ride through a lifetime of resistance.

Joined by a member of the @crimethinc collective, Tomas will discuss the lessons he learned from veterans of the Spanish CNT, his first experience trading blows with police in the streets of Paris, and his adventures slipping across borders to participate in epoch-making riots. "Another War is Possible" is the first of three explosive books Tomas is publishing with our friends at PM Press!

Register for this free event and find your copy of the book at https://app.hi.events/event/7033/militant-anarchist-experiences-in-the-antiglobalization-era. Not able to join the event live? Register anyway and we'll share a recording to enjoy at your convenience!

#AnotherWarIsPossible #AnarchistHistory #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

This Sunday, we're excited to host Argentinian anarchist Tomas Rothaus, author of the recently publish memoir "Another War Is Possible," which takes us on a wild, bumpy, and beautiful ride through a lifetime of resistance.

Joined by a member of the @crimethinc collective, Tomas will discuss the lessons he learned from veterans of the Spanish CNT, his first experience trading blows with police in the streets of Paris, and his adventures slipping across borders to participate in epoch-making riots. "Another War is Possible" is the first of three explosive books Tomas is publishing with our friends at PM Press!

Register for this free event and find your copy of the book at https://app.hi.events/event/7033/militant-anarchist-experiences-in-the-antiglobalization-era. Not able to join the event live? Register anyway and we'll share a recording to enjoy at your convenience!

#AnotherWarIsPossible #AnarchistHistory #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

It would be hard to think of a more influential book over the last 5 years than Dean Spade's "Mutual Aid." It's a perennial bookclub pick, there’s an even chance it comes up in any conversation about local organizing, and we regularly hear customers enthusiastically recommending it to each other.

It’s also a book that’s worth revisiting, and Dean does just that in this new edition, starting with a 38-page preface that’s good enough to print as a standalone zine. When the book was first published in 2020, part of its incredible appeal was that it emerged directly from urgent conversations and collective actions that readers themselves were part of. This new preface again brings the text into our moment and serves as a critical intervention against the cooptation and pacification of mutual aid 🔥

https://firestorm.coop/products/23866-mutual-aid.html

From the new preface: “My hope is that ‘Mutual Aid’ helps more people join with others in taking risks to care for people in crisis and dismantle the violent systems that are endangering all life and have already prematurely ended the lives of so many. What we need is not just individual or small-group acts of redistribution and care-which are no doubt meaningful-but to create entire voluntary, horizontal, decentralized systems of living together that do not operate through profit, scarcity, and extraction…

Our only chance at freedom is to break from the liberal hope that elites will act for us, and begin to take direct action and care for each other right now… Any particular part of the work we take up will, inevitably, be inadequate to address the crisis-we can't possibly give out enough money, tents, water bottles, masks, hormones, babysitting shifts, abortion pills, or bowls of soup for the level of crisis that the systems we are living in are creating. But we can do this care work with a focus on bringing more people into the struggle, creating new ways of surviving that are autonomous from our opponents' deadly supply chains, and building more capacity for our fights on every front, so that more of us are ready to join every riot or strike in reach and to risk everything for each other.”

#MutualAid #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

It would be hard to think of a more influential book over the last 5 years than Dean Spade's "Mutual Aid." It's a perennial bookclub pick, there’s an even chance it comes up in any conversation about local organizing, and we regularly hear customers enthusiastically recommending it to each other.

It’s also a book that’s worth revisiting, and Dean does just that in this new edition, starting with a 38-page preface that’s good enough to print as a standalone zine. When the book was first published in 2020, part of its incredible appeal was that it emerged directly from urgent conversations and collective actions that readers themselves were part of. This new preface again brings the text into our moment and serves as a critical intervention against the cooptation and pacification of mutual aid 🔥

https://firestorm.coop/products/23866-mutual-aid.html

From the new preface: “My hope is that ‘Mutual Aid’ helps more people join with others in taking risks to care for people in crisis and dismantle the violent systems that are endangering all life and have already prematurely ended the lives of so many. What we need is not just individual or small-group acts of redistribution and care-which are no doubt meaningful-but to create entire voluntary, horizontal, decentralized systems of living together that do not operate through profit, scarcity, and extraction…

Our only chance at freedom is to break from the liberal hope that elites will act for us, and begin to take direct action and care for each other right now… Any particular part of the work we take up will, inevitably, be inadequate to address the crisis-we can't possibly give out enough money, tents, water bottles, masks, hormones, babysitting shifts, abortion pills, or bowls of soup for the level of crisis that the systems we are living in are creating. But we can do this care work with a focus on bringing more people into the struggle, creating new ways of surviving that are autonomous from our opponents' deadly supply chains, and building more capacity for our fights on every front, so that more of us are ready to join every riot or strike in reach and to risk everything for each other.”

#MutualAid #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

One of the most consequential trials of Trump's second term begins on February 17th, and our friend Des is in the middle of it with a box of zines.

Join us in Asheville on Sunday, Feb 15th at 5pm for a teach-in on the Prairieland case. We'll begin with a brief presentation of background information, the situation of our friend Des, and the latest updates on his trial, with a special emphasis on the implications for the movement to abolish ICE and defeat fascism in the US.

Our collective will then facilitate a discussion on how this case might inform our thinking about violence, nonviolence, and state repression in this moment of growing opposition. The final segment of the teach-in will be a space for participants to engage with the Free Des Solidarity Week by writing a letter, creating art, or developing materials to educate others about the case!

This is a free event, but we ask that you bring a donation to support Des' legal defense fund. Given the topic of this conversation, consider the recommendations we've made at https://firestorm.coop/news/expect-surveillance.html

#FreeDes #ZinesAreNotACrime #PrairielandDefendants #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

One of the most consequential trials of Trump's second term begins on February 17th, and our friend Des is in the middle of it with a box of zines.

Join us in Asheville on Sunday, Feb 15th at 5pm for a teach-in on the Prairieland case. We'll begin with a brief presentation of background information, the situation of our friend Des, and the latest updates on his trial, with a special emphasis on the implications for the movement to abolish ICE and defeat fascism in the US.

Our collective will then facilitate a discussion on how this case might inform our thinking about violence, nonviolence, and state repression in this moment of growing opposition. The final segment of the teach-in will be a space for participants to engage with the Free Des Solidarity Week by writing a letter, creating art, or developing materials to educate others about the case!

This is a free event, but we ask that you bring a donation to support Des' legal defense fund. Given the topic of this conversation, consider the recommendations we've made at https://firestorm.coop/news/expect-surveillance.html

#FreeDes #ZinesAreNotACrime #PrairielandDefendants #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

Snow day! ❄️ Grab your sled, because Firestorm will be open today and (hopefully) tomorrow from noon to 7pm, but our annual winter break starts MONDAY. We'll be closed from February 2nd through 10th to get some rest, catch up on other projects, and maybe even read a few books!

During our break Firestorm won't be open, but unlike in previous years, we will still be shipping in-stock books ordered through our website. So if you're snowed in today, don't panic (or risk your life)—you can grab that next Margaret Killjoy novella at firestorm.coop 📦

Note: since the weather is still weathering, consider calling the store before trekking in if it looks dicey.

#FeministBookstore #AllegedSecretAntifaHeadquarters #FirestormCoop (- E + L)

Snow day! ❄️ Grab your sled, because Firestorm will be open today and (hopefully) tomorrow from noon to 7pm, but our annual winter break starts MONDAY. We'll be closed from February 2nd through 10th to get some rest, catch up on other projects, and maybe even read a few books!

During our break Firestorm won't be open, but unlike in previous years, we will still be shipping in-stock books ordered through our website. So if you're snowed in today, don't panic (or risk your life)—you can grab that next Margaret Killjoy novella at firestorm.coop 📦

Note: since the weather is still weathering, consider calling the store before trekking in if it looks dicey.

#FeministBookstore #AllegedSecretAntifaHeadquarters #FirestormCoop (- E + L)

We're trying something new in 2026 to help us (and you!) ditch Meta.

We know from personal experience that, paradoxically, logging off can make it hard to maintain IRL connections. So much grassroots activity only seems to get advertised on social media—and for spaces like Firestorm, there's a trap in thinking that Instagram is the best place to reach people, even when they live right down the street.

But there are alternatives... if we build them!

Follow us to a place without data harvesting, shadow bans, and right wing trolls. This week we're launching a new broadcast thread on the Signal app, specifically for events at Firestorm. Sign up and you'll get event announcements + a weekly roundup reminder (no memes, no side chatter—strictly event details!).

Since most of our events are in-person, this new thread will primarily be useful to locals. For more local community events, we also recommend the Asheville Radical Community Calendar (DuckDuckGo it! IYKYK)

#FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're trying something new in 2026 to help us (and you!) ditch Meta.

We know from personal experience that, paradoxically, logging off can make it hard to maintain IRL connections. So much grassroots activity only seems to get advertised on social media—and for spaces like Firestorm, there's a trap in thinking that Instagram is the best place to reach people, even when they live right down the street.

But there are alternatives... if we build them!

Follow us to a place without data harvesting, shadow bans, and right wing trolls. This week we're launching a new broadcast thread on the Signal app, specifically for events at Firestorm. Sign up and you'll get event announcements + a weekly roundup reminder (no memes, no side chatter—strictly event details!).

Since most of our events are in-person, this new thread will primarily be useful to locals. For more local community events, we also recommend the Asheville Radical Community Calendar (DuckDuckGo it! IYKYK)

#FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're trying something new in 2026 to help us (and you!) ditch Meta.

We know from personal experience that, paradoxically, logging off can make it hard to maintain IRL connections. So much grassroots activity only seems to get advertised on social media—and for spaces like Firestorm, there's a trap in thinking that Instagram is the best place to reach people, even when they live right down the street.

But there are alternatives... if we build them!

Follow us to a place without data harvesting, shadow bans, and right wing trolls. This week we're launching a new broadcast thread on the Signal app, specifically for events at Firestorm. Sign up and you'll get event announcements + a weekly roundup reminder (no memes, no side chatter—strictly event details!).

Since most of our events are in-person, this new thread will primarily be useful to locals. For more local community events, we also recommend the Asheville Radical Community Calendar (DuckDuckGo it! IYKYK)

#FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're trying something new in 2026 to help us (and you!) ditch Meta.

We know from personal experience that, paradoxically, logging off can make it hard to maintain IRL connections. So much grassroots activity only seems to get advertised on social media—and for spaces like Firestorm, there's a trap in thinking that Instagram is the best place to reach people, even when they live right down the street.

But there are alternatives... if we build them!

Follow us to a place without data harvesting, shadow bans, and right wing trolls. This week we're launching a new broadcast thread on the Signal app, specifically for events at Firestorm. Sign up and you'll get event announcements + a weekly roundup reminder (no memes, no side chatter—strictly event details!).

Since most of our events are in-person, this new thread will primarily be useful to locals. For more local community events, we also recommend the Asheville Radical Community Calendar (DuckDuckGo it! IYKYK)

#FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)

We're trying something new in 2026 to help us (and you!) ditch Meta.

We know from personal experience that, paradoxically, logging off can make it hard to maintain IRL connections. So much grassroots activity only seems to get advertised on social media—and for spaces like Firestorm, there's a trap in thinking that Instagram is the best place to reach people, even when they live right down the street.

But there are alternatives... if we build them!

Follow us to a place without data harvesting, shadow bans, and right wing trolls. This week we're launching a new broadcast thread on the Signal app, specifically for events at Firestorm. Sign up and you'll get event announcements + a weekly roundup reminder (no memes, no side chatter—strictly event details!).

Since most of our events are in-person, this new thread will primarily be useful to locals. For more local community events, we also recommend the Asheville Radical Community Calendar (DuckDuckGo it! IYKYK)

#FeministBookstore #QueerSouth #FirestormCoop (- L)

Now that we're in the 2025 home stretch, our collective is shifting from retail hustle to reflection. This was a tough year, on lots of levels, but our public messaging has mostly focused on political concerns rather than the difficult financial position we've been in since Hurricane Helene.

Thanks to strong community support and a grant from the Southern Power Fund, our co-op started 2025 with what we thought was a generous buffer. But between Asheville's slow recovery and worsening conditions for low and middle income folks nationally, we're seeing sales far below those of previous years—and we've burned through our reserves trying to bridge the gap. Our collective is still analyzing the situation, but it's clear that the Q4 turnaround we'd hoped for did not materialize, and we're now headed into late winter on thin ice.

We value transparency, so this post is intended to be a heads up that our project is increasingly precarious. We'll share more information in January along with an outline of how we plan to address Firestorm's financial sustainability. In the meanwhile, we appreciate your continued support and hope that you'll keep us in mind when you're buying books! ❤️‍🔥

#FeministBookstore #HurricaneHelene #FirestormCoop

Now that we're in the 2025 home stretch, our collective is shifting from retail hustle to reflection. This was a tough year, on lots of levels, but our public messaging has mostly focused on political concerns rather than the difficult financial position we've been in since Hurricane Helene.

Thanks to strong community support and a grant from the Southern Power Fund, our co-op started 2025 with what we thought was a generous buffer. But between Asheville's slow recovery and worsening conditions for low and middle income folks nationally, we're seeing sales far below those of previous years—and we've burned through our reserves trying to bridge the gap. Our collective is still analyzing the situation, but it's clear that the Q4 turnaround we'd hoped for did not materialize, and we're now headed into late winter on thin ice.

We value transparency, so this post is intended to be a heads up that our project is increasingly precarious. We'll share more information in January along with an outline of how we plan to address Firestorm's financial sustainability. In the meanwhile, we appreciate your continued support and hope that you'll keep us in mind when you're buying books! ❤️‍🔥

#FeministBookstore #HurricaneHelene #FirestormCoop

We've gathered together some of your very favorite craftspeople for a two day Holiday Craft Pop-Up. You're welcome!

We accept that you can't gift every person you love a book for every holiday, every single year (we work at a bookstore, believe us, we've tried). Switch it up with a macabre mug or a delightfully nerdy bauble made of dice!

Each day of the pop-up includes a unique group of artisans with a wide variety of mediums, styles, and flavors. The event is a Palestine solidarity fundraiser, with a portion of proceeds going towards the Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Join us on Saturday, December 13th to delight in the wares of Cardamom Bakery, Savim, & Friends, Earth to Hands, Fig Crochets , Miles Madonna, Ruckus Ceramics, The Crows' Teeth, The Dicey Dungeon, and WNC Mask Bloc, and Woodberry Designs.

Then on Sunday peruse treasures from Al's Stained Glass, Finn and the Whale, GasStationVampire, HK Hotteok, Lucin Zac, Luzida.Art, Matilda's Menagerie, Polycreative Collective, Shop.Tamango, Turned Worm Studios, and VII Ceramics.

We'll see you there! 🎨🧶🫖💎🍪🧣

#QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

We've gathered together some of your very favorite craftspeople for a two day Holiday Craft Pop-Up. You're welcome!

We accept that you can't gift every person you love a book for every holiday, every single year (we work at a bookstore, believe us, we've tried). Switch it up with a macabre mug or a delightfully nerdy bauble made of dice!

Each day of the pop-up includes a unique group of artisans with a wide variety of mediums, styles, and flavors. The event is a Palestine solidarity fundraiser, with a portion of proceeds going towards the Gaza Soup Kitchen.

Join us on Saturday, December 13th to delight in the wares of Cardamom Bakery, Savim, & Friends, Earth to Hands, Fig Crochets , Miles Madonna, Ruckus Ceramics, The Crows' Teeth, The Dicey Dungeon, and WNC Mask Bloc, and Woodberry Designs.

Then on Sunday peruse treasures from Al's Stained Glass, Finn and the Whale, GasStationVampire, HK Hotteok, Lucin Zac, Luzida.Art, Matilda's Menagerie, Polycreative Collective, Shop.Tamango, Turned Worm Studios, and VII Ceramics.

We'll see you there! 🎨🧶🫖💎🍪🧣

#QueerBookstore #CoopsNotCops #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (-Esmé)

‼️ We're extending our Indies First sale through today! ‼️

You can come by today to snag 15% off all non-discounted inventory — this includes books, stickers, shirts, prints, and more! And when you're a Firestorm sustainer that stacks to a whole 25% off. If you were shopping for say, a major gift giving holiday... to name a random example... that 25% really goes a long way 😉

If you're not interested in braving the cold today you can always shop online with the promo code INDIESFIRST. We'll even throw in some free goodies like a sticker and a zine with your order 🫶

#OnHaywoodRd #FeministBookstore #IndiesFirst #SmallBusinessSaturday #FirestormCoop

‼️ We're extending our Indies First sale through today! ‼️

You can come by today to snag 15% off all non-discounted inventory — this includes books, stickers, shirts, prints, and more! And when you're a Firestorm sustainer that stacks to a whole 25% off. If you were shopping for say, a major gift giving holiday... to name a random example... that 25% really goes a long way 😉

If you're not interested in braving the cold today you can always shop online with the promo code INDIESFIRST. We'll even throw in some free goodies like a sticker and a zine with your order 🫶

#OnHaywoodRd #FeministBookstore #IndiesFirst #SmallBusinessSaturday #FirestormCoop

Friends, comrades, book lovers, this Saturday our co-op is joining the retail pandemonium to offer you discounts on books! That's right, books made of paper, filled with delightful stories and subversive ideas. Skip the mall, skip the big box store, and DEFINITELY skip the Am🤮zon Surveillance Mega Corp, because our team is out here slinging 15-25% discounts on almost everything we stock! How do you get the biggest discounts? We're offering 25% off to members of our sustainers program! Sign up before you shop using the link in our bio.

Have a family member who doesn't love to read? Even flawed people deserve gifts! Give them stickers, t-shirts, board games, art prints, or other unique items from our catalog. If you're shopping in person, our collective is happy to provide bespoke recommendations to help you find exactly what you're looking for. We know that braving the crowds can be exhausting, so hot beverages are on the house!

Indies First savings aren't just for the geographically privileged. Shop online with the promo code INDIESFIRST for the same great deal (minus the hot beverage, sorry). We love it when people choose to support us over corporate shit-peddlers and we'll show you our appreciation with free stickers, postcards, or radical literature in every package. Plus shipping is always free on orders of $50 or more! 💓

#OnHaywoodRd #FeministBookstore #IndiesFirst #SmallBusinessSaturday #AnticapitalistCapitalism #FirestormCoop