another one bites the dust.

i just received the email from BV that they will be closing. i'm not sure how i feel about it. i'm not terribly surprised because, yes, the economy is in a sad state. (in fact, WMSE had to end its pledge drive before making their goal this fall, which i don't believe has ever been the case). The email included a small blurb about how one of their local ad reps went on and on to them about how she was spending all her money at chain stores' online stores without thinking twice about how shitty that is when talking to a local business that has given you their ad dollars while trying to stay afloat. Although i haven't been involved in Broad's business for over a year, i still completely understand that feeling of frustration with people who just don't understand what it means to support local businesses. i know that my business partners at the time and i talked about this a lot. What a slap in the face it feels like to not be supported by a community you think you're a part of. I'm not sure i would have understood a feeling like that if i hadn't been directly involved.
So. Milwaukee's second feminist bookstore bites the dust.
i'm not going to say i'm not a little peeved that the new(er) owners didn't take our advice regarding becoming a non-profit or advancing online sales. Or that it looks like the website hasn't been updated at all. Or that the last time i tried to go to an event, the store was still closed when i got there at the time posted. We couldn't do it either, but that's why we sold it.
I also know that that's the nature of trying to run a business when it doesn't make any money. i know that it's a huge pain in the ass to try to find volunteers to run the place because you can't be there all the time. And a million other reasons.
Sorry to the feminists and others who did support the store. Not sorry to feminists that didn't at all. Put your money where your mouth is.
I'll post some happy things here, too. I swear.
(also, I sometimes capitalize my 'I's, but sometimes i don't. it doesn't mean anything. It probably has more to do with whether or not I just wrote something for a class or something on f'ing facebook.)