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All She Wrote Books, Somerville, Mass., which is being displaced from its current storefront in the next few weeks, has launched a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $60,000 before the store's lease ends October 15. As of this morning, it's raised more than $17,000.
"For the past three years, this iconic, LGBTQIA+ owned business has provided a safe and creative environment for folks of all backgrounds," the bookseller noted. "However, in the past two years, rent has increased 130%. There have been countless financial burdens that equate to about $8,000. That amount doesn't include rent, utilities, or the devastation of being unrooted from a community because there's a lack of dollar signs. Because of all this, All She Wrote Books is moving to a new space in East Somerville and rallying the community for help."
Funds from the campaign "will help turn this new location into a home with updated bookshelves, a checkout counter, accessibility features, as well the ability to pay our staff a fair wage during this transitional period."
"All She Wrote Books is more than just a feminist/queer independent bookstore," said owner Christina Pascucci-Ciampa. "When I think of the words 'intersectional,' 'feminist,' 'queer' that are in our mission statement--I think of them as guiding lights for those who are not only actively seeking queer/feminist spaces out like ours, but for those who want more spaces like ours in the world. And we need more spaces like ours like never before."