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Wild Iris Books
Established in 1992, Wild Iris Books is the only feminist bookstore in all of Florida.



History
Before Wild Iris, there has always been a history of feminist bookselling in Gainesville, Florida. This history begins with a small shop called the "Womanstore Bookstore" in 1974 The Womanstore Bookstore was owned by Ann Gill. This morphed into "Amelia's," owned by Bonnie Coates and Linda Basham, in 1975. Amelia's shared their space with a counseling and rape crisis center, which is characteristic of the spirit that Wild Iris contains. Amelia's, funded by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), lost funding when members of the community complained that the federal money was going to "political" action. In 1979, the owners switched over to Carol Aubin and Gerry Green. Around this time, Amelia's became a "hub" for political action. However, Amelia's did not stay afloat for very long. After 10 years of being closed, it reopened in 1992 as Iris Books under the owners of Susan Keel and Kerry Godwin. The inventory increased to a diverse 10,000 titles. The owners changed again in 1996 to Dotty Faibisy and Bev White. Along with this change came a name change. "Wild Iris Books" became the official name that it is now. With these new owners, the miscellaneous (non-book) inventory increased. Faibisy also established the connection to UF's Center of Women Studies and Gender Research with Wild Iris.

Social Media
Wild Iris Books has a large gathering of social media presence.
 * 1) Wild Iris Books Website
 * 2) Facebook
 * 3) Instagram
 * 4) Twitter
 * 5) Tumblr
 * 6) YouTube
 * 7) Online Contact Form

Videos
Wild Iris has an existing commercial on their YouTube page, titled "Is the Patriarchy Getting You Down?!?!?". Alongside this commercial, there is a playlist dedicated to old Feminist Open Mic Nights at Wild Iris Books.