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Cafe con Libros,
An Intersectional Feminist Bookstore
& Coffee Shop
in Brooklyn, New York.
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Latino/Hispanic is NOT a Race Campaign.
Latino/Hispanic is Not a Race PSA Campaign.
kqd.
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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It's Not All In Your Head. And Yet, It Is.
You're overthinking. You're too sensitive. You're imagining things. "It's all in your head." Black people, raise your hand if you've been...
kqd.
May 17, 20224 min read
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Reading Partners: Committed Tutors Needed!
Bookish Fam, Cafe con Libros has partnered with "Reading Partners" to help increase tutors in our community. Please share this blog with...
kqd.
Feb 18, 20224 min read
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Liberation Work Is Imperfect...
This summer, we received a note from a subscriber sharing their displeasure with the feminist and bookish baby feminist book choices. It...
kqd.
Oct 8, 20214 min read
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Mental Health & Wellness Matters.
On this day in 2020, our collective lives changed. We all know the story of our shared trauma: a series of Black Lives lost, COVID19...
kqd.
May 26, 20214 min read
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"We Should All Be Millionaires."
What I do know is that I deserve to explore living beyond the trauma of capitalism toward a more joyful, guilt-free, and well-balanced...
kqd.
Apr 29, 20214 min read
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Love Elevating Womxn's Stories? Join Our Team!
We’re hiring!
kqd.
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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IG: For the Love, Not for the Likes...
"Mi dweet fi di love mi nuh dweet fi di likes." - Chronixx. The energy in the room has shifted. Can you tell? Can you feel the...
kqd.
Apr 11, 20213 min read
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SueñaBig: Dream Big
As we close out the proverbial "Womxn Herstory Month," I want to share a story with you about the power of and urgency for womxn and...
kqd.
Mar 27, 20213 min read
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To My Asian Sister Comrades, I See You.
I want my Asian Sister Comrades to know, I see you. This is not intellectual; this is visceral. I am here for you. Always and forever.
kqd.
Mar 19, 20214 min read
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Complicated and Compounded Grief: One Year Later.
This week symbolizes so much for so many of us. I have been thinking about my own journey over the past year; taking stock of the ways I...
kqd.
Mar 13, 20214 min read
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Paid Internship: Podcast Intern
Bookish Family, We hear you! We're listening! And now, we're ready to restart our podcast, "Black, Feminist & Bookish." Black Feminist &...
kqd.
Feb 21, 20211 min read
367 views
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Black Owned + Spanish Business Name is Not Anti-Black.
"Are you sure this is Black owned? The store name is Spanish." "Why would a Black person name their business Cafe con Libros? What does...
kqd.
Jan 16, 20215 min read
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"Love is a Verb." My Top Five Books of 2020. Part I.
“Love is a Verb.” – bell hooks. I remember reading that line in “All About Love” and my entire worldview shifting. Love as a verb had...
kqd.
Dec 20, 20204 min read
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Part II: Fav Books of 2020!
6. The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui. What an intense and beautifully executed memoir told over generations, borders and time. At its heart,...
kqd.
Dec 20, 20205 min read
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3 comments
We're Hiring... (Closed).
In just a few weeks, Cafe con Libros (coffee with books), an Intersectional Feminist Bookstore & Coffee Shop in the People's Republic of...
kqd.
Nov 15, 20203 min read
1,769 views
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Contradictions: Cafe con Libros +/- Amazon
Cafe con Libros is not Anti-Amazon. We are Pro Connection. Pro Slowing Down. Pro Community. Community, I promise, if we were anti-amazon,...
kqd.
Oct 17, 20204 min read
614 views
3 comments
September 11, 2020 - A Reflection. An Ode.
9.11 2001, it feels like yesterday. Literally and figuratively, 9.11 continues to loom as a reminder of the moral vacuum in which we live.
kqd.
Sep 11, 20204 min read
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Letting Go to Allow Growth: Our (Temp) Move to Bookshop
Shawnee Benton-Gibson told me a long time ago: when you expose, you expand. Yes, and when I let go, I grow.
kqd.
Aug 16, 20205 min read
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This Is Us...
Through it all, I am reminded that THIS IS US. This care is US. This warmth is US. This complex and rich community is US.
kqd.
Jul 18, 20204 min read
908 views
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