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Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
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Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
@Lighthousebks
Scotland's leading political bookshop. No longer operating on X as owned by a fascist. Find us elsewhere @lighthousebks.bsky.social
- Our booksellers are real people. You might not like what we stand for, but you have no right to threaten our humans or make us feel unsafe at work. Today’s latest threat, pinned to our doors after weeks of harassment, had us choose safety & selfcare. We’ll be back tomorrow.
- Replying to @RoomofOnesOwn and @HartwellAva*waves gayly* we could def get a book to a Uk crush!! You just put your wee note/request in the notes at checkout...www.lighthousebookshop.com
GIF - Replying to @LighthousebksThe many messages of solidarity we have had are testament to fact that we are not alone in this - thank you. If you want to do something about the kind of misogynistic, racist, queerphobic hatred we’ve faced, get involved in the community - help change the narrative.
- In June, we caught the ire of a man for having Laura Bates vital Men Who Hate Women in the window. He posted pictures of us with vitriolic misogynistic captions & filmed himself with an axe, saying we had fucked with the wrong man. We were made to feel ridiculous for our fear. 1/
- Replying to @LighthousebksScotland need to do a heck of a lot more for mental health services. The primary instigator of recent harassment is VERY unwell & his unravelling is in part due to our collective failure to protect social services. Write to your MSPs& ask what they are doing for crisis services.
- Fuck the patriarchy. Fuck white supremacy. Fuck queer phobia. During fucking pride month, fucking savages. So mad right now.Our booksellers are real people. You might not like what we stand for, but you have no right to threaten our humans or make us feel unsafe at work. Today’s latest threat, pinned to our doors after weeks of harassment, had us choose safety & selfcare. We’ll be back tomorrow.
- Anyone need some antiracist, anticapitalist, queer, feminist literature today? We’re here & could do with a pick me up 👋 Oh and because we love to make the racists mad, we’ll be donating 10% of all sales today to the comrades @ukblm #BlackLivesMatter Happy #SocialistSunday.
- Look after each other. The far right are burning libraries, food banks, refugee housing & Citizens Advice Bureaus. They are targeting our communities & community centres, from Mosques to neighbourhood hubs. These aren’t ‘protests’ this is domestic terror*sm.
- Bookshop. Dog. Sun. Sending you all The Best vibes, wherever you are. Especially if you are still home and isolating and looking hopefully ahead to better, safer days. Our new website just launched. More Lighthouse, but from comfort of home. lighthousebookshop.com
- Replying to @Lighthousebkssupport those changing the conversation, right here in Scotland incl @backoffscotland @FringeofColour @InterculturalYS @dardishi @ZTScotland @PositiveActionH @dirozevepave @ScotPep @Refuweegee @stonewalluk @BLMScotland @CaltonBooks @CategoryIsBooks @EdinAFBookfair for starters
- Our feminism fights for all women. Does yours? The future of books is feminist. Fuck the patriarchy. #NotAllMenButAllWomen
- Replying to @LighthousebksToday’s minimising media narrative about violence & misogyny is hard. The patriarchy is real. it is violent & it is deadly & we shame women for the many ways we navigate & negotiate that reality. Solidarity with Plymouth victims & families, all those touched by violent misogyny
- ALL REFUGEES WELCOME ALL REFUGEES WELCOME ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE REFUGEE WELCOME War is horror no matter the location, no matter the colour of the victims. If I hear one more Uk/US/French or German pundit talk about victims ‘just like us’ I’m going to fkin lose it.