Cruising | Queer History and Culture

Michelle Axelson on Womencrafts Provincetown, the "dyke discount," and existing within a spectrum of a community


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Womencrafts is one of only 13 feminist book stores left in the country, and a pillar of Provincetown, MA. This week, we sit down with Michelle Axelson, the owner of Womencrafts since taking over in 2015. Michelle shares the history of the shop (first owned by lesbians in 1976), how she found her place in Ptown, and why so many people have come out for the first time at Womencrafts (they offer a dyke discount) ... 


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