Final yr, I wrote about eight “Feminist Libraries Across the World.”
The spark for this record was the The Information Workshop’s improbable Feminist Library in Beirut. They’d helped select a listing of 5 beneficial reads for Girls in Translation Month (#WiTMonth). After falling in love with their work, I used to be eager to find different feminist libraries all over the world.
I discovered different feminist libraries in Glasgow, London, Istanbul, Vancouver, Sydney, and a Free Black Lady’s Library that travels across the U.S.
On the time, I didn’t discover a feminist library in South Asia. However now, following a profitable crowdfunding marketing campaign, the Sister Library has opened up in Mumbai:
Large win for everybody!
We now have a feminist library in India now ♀#wehealincommunity #weallwin #feministlibrary #ilovereadingwomen #india pic.twitter.com/NvTMmMLZaN
— Sister Library (@SisterLibrary) Could 15, 2019
Greater than 400 supporters raised over 570,000 rupees (greater than $8000 USD). This, together with different fundraising, helped the library cowl hire for his or her first yr.
Based on founder Aqui Thami, organizers got here up with the thought after the group Bombay Underground did studying interventions round Mumbai.
In an interview with Feminism India, Thami mentioned that, “My assortment had lower than 20% feminine authors and since that day I made a really acutely aware choice to learn girls solely.” She added that Sister Library is the “first ever community-owned feminist library in India.”
You will discover the library on Twitter (@SisterLibrary), on Instagram (sister.library), or on e-mail at ilovereadingwomen@gmail.com.
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