Eleanor's Norfolk

Eleanor's Norfolk your local q***r, worker-owned bookstore & creative community space

if you missed our last evening with deflock nfk, we got you. join us for another evening of learning and discussion as w...
09/17/2026

if you missed our last evening with deflock nfk, we got you. join us for another evening of learning and discussion as we learn about what flock is - how it tracks and circumvents our rights - and how to engage your local city council member to push for an end to mass surveillance in norfolk.

since our last meeting, we've seen even more cameras pop-up all around and more propaganda from our local city admininstration about how great it is that they can track you anywhere you go throughout the city. bonus! we don't even get to know all the folks that have access to this data and even if we do and they use it poorly, we don't get to speak out about it at city council meetings. so kewl.

don't get it twisted - your ability to not break the law isn't always up to you. don't believe us? let's ask folks currently incarcerated for ma*****na charges while we watch other folks drop cash at a dispensary. or folks who were prosecuted for marrying someone the state deemed illegal. or being born somewhere the state decides isn't cool. or...do we really need to keep going?

we'll be hanging on wed, sept 30, 6p. see ya then.
xoxo

[a graphic with a white and purple background and lime green font. it reads deflock norfolk, pt 2, wednesday, sept 30, 6-8p, educational workshop & contact your councilor party, @ eleanor's 801 boush st, ste b. join us to learn more about what flock is - how it tracks us and circumvents our rights - and how to engage your local city councilor to end mass surveillance in norfolk. for more info, contact them at [email protected]]

some new wearable reminders from have us looking for unadorned spots all around usโœจRadical Buttons was founded in 2015 ...
09/17/2026

some new wearable reminders from have us looking for unadorned spots all around usโœจ

Radical Buttons was founded in 2015 and is based in Edmonton, Alberta. their goal is to create accessories that promote self-empowerment and anti-oppression views. they're passionate about social justice, LGBTQ+ rights, mental health and reading and are excited to share these thoughts with the rest of us. with this shop, they are able to help support folks doing the work such asPEERS Victoria (an organization that supports s*x workers), the Unist'o'ten Camp and Uvic Pride, Women Against Violence Against Women, and Black Lives Matter.

if you need us, we'll be in shop trynna choose which one we love the most. jk. we can't choose.

[two plates are on a light seafoam green paper mache table. they have a black and white design on them and have stickers laid out on them. the stickers feature various images and words:
1. a frog reading with the words "read books, be kind, stay weird"
2. a cat holding a knife with the words "be soft, stay sharp"
3. an ice cube with three swords sticking through it in the form of a tarot card with the words "f**k ice"
4. a black cat sitting and looking at the words written next to it, "if cats could talk to cops, they wouldn't"
5. a cute little cat holding a knife with the words "cats against capitalism"
6. a guillotine with a pink bow at the top with the words "in these hard times, some cuts may be necessary"
7. words that read all bodies are good bodies]

we're so excited to welcome Princess Joy L Perry and DeAnna Smith for a discussion centering love, freedom, family, and ...
08/31/2026

we're so excited to welcome Princess Joy L Perry and DeAnna Smith for a discussion centering love, freedom, family, and abolition based around Perry's debut novel, This Here is Love.

a beautifully rendered and deeply haunting book, This Here is Love follows three interweaving stories in seventeenth century tidewater through a brutal and honest portrayal of being alive during the early days of america and the system of chattel slavery that built the country. the characters you meet within these pages live wholly and remarkably, embracing love and connection with each choice, in every moment.

we're grateful to be part of the conversation

shout out to our friends who dropped off free seeds to redistribute. we all deserve food sovereignty.
08/30/2026

shout out to our friends who dropped off free seeds to redistribute. we all deserve food sovereignty.

as folks who get to chat with a lot of you, we know how many brilliant ideas spark in each of your bodyminds constantly ...
08/30/2026

as folks who get to chat with a lot of you, we know how many brilliant ideas spark in each of your bodyminds constantly so we brought in these lil notebooks to keep handy to try and capture as many generative thoughts as possible.
letterpress is a q***r woman-owned printmaking studio in southwest virginia whose mission is to create safe spaces and solidarity through visibility. Katy Shepard's work is rooted in a deep commitment to liberation through the creative process. as a student, she explored the intersection of art, existentialist ethics and social justice. now, as an artist and printmaker, her work continues to explore identity, community, and the power of art to create meaningful change.

[4 small notebooks are held up and take up the left side of the photo. from front to back, they are green, yellow, blue, and pink and feature sayings on the otherwise blank covers. from front to back: hope is resistance, q***r s**t, be gay, do crime, and evil plans. on the right of the photo is the foyer of a bookstore featuring a shelf with framed images on it and a wall covered in art.]

our community rec this month shares stories of q***r revolutionaries - from the speeches of activists like Audre Lorde t...
08/29/2026

our community rec this month shares stories of q***r revolutionaries - from the speeches of activists like Audre Lorde to the birth of Pride and q***r pop culture - and celebrates their courage, determination, and power with beautiful illustrations by pop artist Eve Lloyd Knight.โšก๏ธ

in Rainbow Revolutions, Jamie Lawson provides the historical context for q***r rights today, tracing the history of the oppression and resistance of the q***r community from victorian-era germany through the aids crisis and the formation of act up to the new york ballroom scene to today and laying the groundwork to continue the fight for liberation.

some parallel reads we recommend....
-> Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon is a short & compassionate primer on gender's expansive, multifaceted nature
-> Trans History: A Graphic Novel From Ancient Times to the Present Day: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs, and Andrew Eakett is an incredibly comprehensive, compact, and strongly researched look into the history of trans identity
-> Generation Q***r: Stories of Youth Organizers, Artists, and Educators by Julien Thomas is a collection of short biographies of 30 q***r youth organizing for a better world today
-> Being Ace: An Anthology of Q***r, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of As*xual Love and Connection edited by Linsey Miller and Madeline Dyer is a lovely & hopeful collection of short speculative fiction

[slide 1 - a person sits in a chair with their face behind an open book. the book is Rainbow Revolutions. the person is sitting with one leg crossed over the other. behind them is a wall of prints and shelves with books on them.
slide 2 -slide 5 feature the recommended parallel books in order they are listed in the caption, each with a colorful background]

oh hi. popping in to thank all the lovely folks who supported our keep rad q***r spaces alive campaign and joined the pa...
08/25/2026

oh hi. popping in to thank all the lovely folks who supported our keep rad q***r spaces alive campaign and joined the patreon. can't wait to keep the convos going in shop & online and stay weird as f**k

"๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช...
08/24/2026

"๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ."

we're so excited to join and for this beautiful gathering that invites us to come together and imagine what's possible when we connect to each other and the river that sustains us.

meet us at the ryan resilience lab for Undrowned: A Hymn to Returning River Life to collectively dream and deepen our relationship with the riverโ€”not simply as a resource, but as a living system worthy of care, restoration, and stewardship.

Undrowned with Alexis Pauline Gumbs: A Hymn to Returning River Life
Friday, August 28
6p-8p
@ the Ryan Resilience Lab

rsvp to save your seat through the elizabeth river project and
pre-order your book via the link in our bio! see y'all soon

The Flayed Man is a gritty and emotional tale about aging parents, caretaking, and vampires. throughout the book, Chloe ...
08/23/2026

The Flayed Man is a gritty and emotional tale about aging parents, caretaking, and vampires. throughout the book, Chloe Lauter magnifies the responsibilities of taking care of a sick parent with vampirism that causes both Ellis, the main character, and her mother to grow feral if not taken care of. Asking her reader to grapple with how much of oneself can be given away, Lauter delivers an atmospheric and intense novel that is perfect for folks who love a little magical realism in the reads and dream of the deserts of Nevada.

-anitra
aka our resident fiction baddie

[a copy of The Flayed Man by Chloe Lauter stands on the arm of a couch in front of a bookstore. the cover features an image of a desert with what looks like scratch marks across it.]

that feeling when you walk into a spot and you know you've found your people๐Ÿช[an image of a bookstore - there are booksh...
08/22/2026

that feeling when you walk into a spot and you know you've found your people๐Ÿช

[an image of a bookstore - there are bookshelves lining the walls and a round table in the front center holding shop bestsellers. towards the back of the shop, you can see a desk and comfy seating. there are two people in the middle of the shop talking to one another.]

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801 Boush Street, Unit B
Norfolk, VA
23510

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Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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