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About Me

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"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA", you ask?We are a friendly neighborhood radical bookstore located in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. We are dedicated to the active promotion of radical cultures through community networking and the distribution of literature. We hope to create a safe and accessible space for people to take part in an open and empowering community. We actively support politics and lifestyles that we deem as alternative, multicultural, woman-positive, queer-positive, class-concious, and all the things that promote a sustainable community. All who attend meetings are welcome to participate in the decision-making process.

My Interests

History, Fiction, Feminism, Sex, Queer issues, Politics of Food, Environment, Racial politics, Latin America, Music, and so much more!

I'd like to meet:

ALL OF YINZ!!!! Pay us a visit. We carry not only books and zines, but radd patches, pins, t-shirts, skirts, totes, cd's, films/documentaries, vinyl(45s/12") and more! Our "new arrivals" will surely catch your eye...they're that hott. No, really. hott hott hott! DON'T MISS OUR SUPER-DUPER BLOWOUT SALE 7/31-8/11!

Music:

Billy Bragg, Chumbawumba, Hazel Dickens, Public Enemy, Propagandhi, Pete Seeger

Movies:

Made in Secret, $100 and a T-shirt, Roger and Me, Dr. Strangelove, Attica, Live Nude Girls Unite, Matewan, Outfoxed, Salt of the Earth, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, This is What Democracy Looks Like, Why We Fight

Books:

SO MANY BOOKS! Stop by and take a look. We are sure to have something you'd be interested in.

Heroes:

Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman

My Blog

Back-to-School Sale!!!

Hey all!Here at the Big Idea we're having a back-to-school sale! Sale runs till the end of September so stop by and see us! Grab some new readingmaterials to help stimulate your brain acti...
Posted by The Big Idea on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:06:00 PST

THE BIG NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2007

It's been a few months since our last update, but the Big Newsletter is back! And full of important sale info& Read on and come by the store to save BIG! **USED BOOK SALE!July 31st August 10thSave 3...
Posted by The Big Idea on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:40:00 PST

BIG IDEA BLOWOUT SALE - July 31st - August 11th!

REALLY BIG SALE ON BOOKS AT THE BIG IDEA! July 31st - August 10th30% off used books* August 11th - ONE DAY BLOWOUT FUN SALE!!!12:00PM - 7:00PM60% off ALL used books & 20% off ALL new booksCoffee a...
Posted by The Big Idea on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:40:00 PST

February 2007 newsletter

IT'S OUR BLOOMFIELD ANNIVERSARY MONTH!!!!! HURRAY!!! It will be 6 years since The Big Idea was born here in Pittsburgh in May, and 3 years this month that The Big Idea has been located in the heart (o...
Posted by The Big Idea on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:54:00 PST

Big Idea's 3rd Anniversary prelims

Our Anniversary month is coming up so look forward to: February10th - Since 1930 Planned Parenthood of Western PA hasprovided reproductive quality of the highest quality. We are a non-profit or...
Posted by The Big Idea on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:30:00 PST

January 2007 newsletter

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe it's 2007? Remember when people thought the world was going to end 7 years ago because of some weird computer glitches? Hahahaha, people in the 20th century were so dum...
Posted by The Big Idea on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:49:00 PST

December newsletter

Holy nuts and bolts, Batman, I can't believe it's December already!!!!Did 2006 just fly by friends, or is it just me? Actually, 2006 dragged for me, but then all of a sudden it is almost over! I am ne...
Posted by The Big Idea on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:03:00 PST

October 2006 newsletter

Hello Friends!HALLOWEEN IS COMING! MY FAVE! but for the Big Idea, we are celebrating Arundhati Roy, not ghosts and ghouls (dang for me, but that means good things for you, dear friends!).. Come in tod...
Posted by The Big Idea on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:11:00 PST

September newletter

Hello My Darlings!September already??!! Where did the summer go??? Time flies when you're hvaing fun in the sun in the 412, I guess. Well, at least we have Little Italy Days to look forward to. While ...
Posted by The Big Idea on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:13:00 PST

Benefit show fun on Friday!

Come join us on Friday for good music and fun!
Posted by The Big Idea on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:35:00 PST