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Former employee here! The Strand's owner laid off union employees after receiving millions in PPP loans, spent hundreds of thousands on Amazon stock, and refuses to pay her workers a living wage. Let them suffer. Better indie NYC bookstores to support: a thread. https://twitter.com/strandbookstore/status/1319686649798905856
@mcnallyjackson - anyone who can name more than one bookstore in NYC can tell you about this one but it's a classic for a reason. One Manhattan and one Brooklyn location. Better than Amazon.
@milmundosnyc - amazing activist bilingual bookstore doing incredible community work in Ridgewood and Bushwick. Has an awesome membership program that I would highly recommend.
@cafeconlibrosbk - intersectional feminist community space, bookstore, coffee shop. located in brooklyn, very sick.
@greenlightbklyn - a Brooklyn favorite for a reason! two locations (Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Fort Greene), lots of contemporary titles
@quimbysnyc1 - an offset of probably my favorite bookstore in Chicago, this Williamsburg revamp is right off the G/L and has tons of incredible selection of non-fiction and zines.
@bluestockings - COMPLETELY VOLUNTEER RUN, lower east side feminist bookstore and coffee shop, consider shopping there or donating some of your time!
@notreallytopos - Topos (owned by a dear friend of mine) is a great used bookstore in Ridgewood, lots of incredible contemporary titles as well as somewhat more esoteric finds and a sweet cafe
not on Twitter but head to insta to check out @ aeonbooks, great chinatown spot for rarer film, art, and spirituality books (I used to volunteer here and love it with all my heart)
will add more as I think of them but hopefully folks will rep their faves in the comments as well. moral of the story is fuck n*ncy bass and until the strand starts paying my friends a living wage they can kindly eat my ass like groceries xx
also let’s not even get me started on working conditions aka the time they had me working outside in bryant park with one tiny, barely functional heater between the months of november and february!! i worked 8 hour shifts in 15 degree weather!!
okay other equally lovely stores others have mentioned: @thelitbar @wordbookstores @bronxboundbooks @booksaremagicbk 
For everyone expressing the desire to support Strand BOOKSELLERS (the heart and soul of the place) without funding Nancy, check out Strand Workers United on Instagram!
