queer & trans bookstore

At top, cursive-like text reads "Book Launch." Then there's a picture of the cover of Creature in Bloom. Then text reads: Rebekah Denison Hewitt in conversation with Rita Mae Reese. A Room of One's Own, Madison, WI, March 31, 2026, 6 PM."

Madison: save the date! Rebekah Denison Hewitt will launch her new poetry collection, Creature in Bloom, at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social on March 31, in conversation with @ritamae.bsky.social! Details: roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...

this is a good point well made, but i regret to report it made the following image appear in my mind: a man in an old-timey nightshirt and cap, laying on the crushed remains of a bed, right next to... [deep sigh] the whale

UMMMM this is SO COOOOOOOOOOL

come learn with us:

roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...

We have a Very EXPLETIVE Cool event tonight in-store with Marla A. Ramirez + Cindy I-Fen Cheng who will be discussing their work around migration, asylum, the US-Mexico borderlands, and the mirage of legal citizenship. I lit cannot think of a more timely event. 6pm at room. Book signing to follow.

realizing Moby Dick was the first Only One Bed trope

ummmMMMM COOOOOOOL email ussssssssssssssss

ok so weird q but do u like queer horror? psychological flannel thriller? midwestern gothic? come hear wisconsin's own Melissa Faliveno read from her newest book HEMLOCK thursday february 19th 6-7pm here at room

it's gonna rule.

Protests don’t get reported on this way, as an eruption of collective grief... We need those spaces and others, too, where our grief can swell, where feeling for feeling’s sake can reconstitute us, where our empathy for one another can build." - Prentis Hemphill from What It Takes to Heal

As much as mass protests and direct action are about putting strategic pressure on opposition, they are often a gathering space for our grief and pain because they are TOO BIG TO FEEL ALONE.

They require the collective to hold the space for big feeling, for it to move through, and to remind us that we’re not alone. It’s not practical to imagine that we can feel the weight of historical trauma as one person. This is why we MEET IN THE STREETS.

"Feeling is revolutionary, a disruption to the status quo. Though it feels personal and happens in our bodies, it doesn’t need to be a solitary action. Feeling and connection bring us into the world and into relationship with one another. Some things seem too big to be felt alone because THEY ARE.

hey cutie patooties, room will be closed tomorrow january 30th in solidarity with the general strike.

our event space next door to the bookstore will be open jan 30th from 12-6pm for folks to stop in, get warm, decompress, make protest signs, and be in community. we will have hot water for tea. xo

Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...

In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The Silver Platter is the oldest Latinx LGBTQ+ bar in Los Angeles. Can it survive eviction? Located in Westlake, the Silver Platter bar has been serving L.A.’s LGBTQ+ Latinx community since 1963. Owners and patrons alike are fighting for its survival.

The Silver Platter has been a haven for LA's Latino community since 1963.

In two months, it will be homeless -- and possibly closed forever. Here's the story. #BeSeen

We will be closed Friday, Jan 23rd due to the extreme cold. We are still accepting cold weather gear donations and you can drop them off at the store tn by 6pm.

Send $$$ directly to Dane County Homeless Justice Initiative via v*nmo at @ DCHJI -- they distribute to folks who can't get into shelters.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Hey Girl Work by @zefrrr.bsky.social is amazing and everyone but also especially trans women should read it.

Does future you want a book? Now would be a great time to order it! 15% of all our sales this wknd will go to mutual aid to directly support people harmed by i.c.e. in Minneapolis and Madison.

shop easy here >>> www.roomofonesown.com

A table display of abolitionist books, hats that say China la Migra, small posters that say Cops are Pigs, anti-ice postcards and stickers.

15% of all our sales (online and in-store) this weekend Jan 17th and 18th will go to mutual aid to directly support people who have been harmed by I.C.E. in Minneapolis and here in Madison. We are open Sat 10-6 and Sun 11-6.

G is a talented brilliant genius and we love her and have (Emotionally) already preordered her graphic novel

this bookstore is a @reproutopia.bsky.social stan acct

if YOU TOO wish to support an amazing queer + trans bookstore, and incidentally support the incredible work these folks do to support and anchor their community, it's very easy to order books from @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social online and then get a SURPRISE BOOKS PRESENT later

lmfao i love my job. two trans guys come in:

tguy1: can I return this? (we both laughed in pleasure: lou sullivan's diaries)
me: sure, was there any problem?
tguy 2: we both got this for one another *and* I already had a copy so we ended up with three copies
me: lmao i love us

Starts in 30 mins! Our final author talk of the season is tonight :)

Wednesday 12/3 Histories of Reproductive Care with Lina-Maria Murillo and Kelly Marie Ward 6-7PM @ ROOM

12/14 Author Signing and Meet and Greet: Birds of the Great Lakes By Dexter Patterson Sunday 2-3PM @ ROOM

Our final events of the season!! With @drlmmurillo.bsky.social @wiscobirder.bsky.social :)

we will be closing early at 5pm today because of the weather

we may close earlier than 5pm if it feels necessary to make sure folks get home safe -- if we close before 5pm, we will update here and on our website <3

stay safe friends

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