Lit. on Fire Books
@litonfirepia.bsky.social
Woman, Disabled, & LGBTQ+ Owned and Operated independent bookstore in the heart of Central Illinois. 🏳️🌈✊🍉✊🏳️⚧️✊👨🦽➡️✊
712 W. Main St.
Peoria, IL 61606
https://linktr.ee/Litonfirepia
Reducing Environmental Impact | Reconnecting the Community | Reviving Bohemia
712 W. Main St.
Peoria, IL 61606
https://linktr.ee/Litonfirepia
Reducing Environmental Impact | Reconnecting the Community | Reviving Bohemia
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Reducing Environmental Impact
Reconnecting the Community
Reviving Bohemia
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Welcome, new followers. I am so glad you’re here! I’m Jess She/ They, Owner Operator extraordinaire, Disabled baddie trying to keep the ship afloat on choppy waters, and Queer all the way down to the marrow. You can find all the things here. Your support helps us help community. We love hard here. 💕
I couldn’t bring myself to pander like a dying orphan to all of my followers in order to get chance at a life saving $500 bonus from J Patty. I haven’t gotten the bonus since before I had cancer hahaha. The irony. #Bookseller #Problems #HolidayBonus
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I couldn’t bring myself to pander like a dying orphan to all of my followers in order to get chance at a life saving $500 bonus from J Patty. I haven’t gotten the bonus since before I had cancer hahaha. The irony. #Bookseller #Problems #HolidayBonus
The cognitive dissonance of being alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The cognitive dissonance of being alive.
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"When feminist struggles enter phases of rapprochement with the state, they throw Indigenous, 'deviant,' Black, sexualized, sex-working women and other gender minorities under the bus." @reproutopia.bsky.social talks with Aya Gruber about truly abolitionist feminism.
Leaning In to State Violence - Sophie Lewis interviewed by Aya Gruber - Inquest
In ‘Enemy Feminisms,’ philosopher Sophie Lewis engages with the feminism of racists, colonizers, fascists, cops, and jailers to better understand what a truly liberatory politics needs to look like.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"When feminist struggles enter phases of rapprochement with the state, they throw Indigenous, 'deviant,' Black, sexualized, sex-working women and other gender minorities under the bus." @reproutopia.bsky.social talks with Aya Gruber about truly abolitionist feminism.
Queer bookstore owner here. I’m starting to hear that people are scared to come here now. I can see it in the numbers. I sure could use some love right now. My heart is being broken into a thousand pieces to have survived #leukemia for this. Shop, donate, share, cry, etc just idk HELLO I AM HERE. 😭
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Reducing Environmental Impact
Reconnecting the Community
Reviving Bohemia
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October 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Queer bookstore owner here. I’m starting to hear that people are scared to come here now. I can see it in the numbers. I sure could use some love right now. My heart is being broken into a thousand pieces to have survived #leukemia for this. Shop, donate, share, cry, etc just idk HELLO I AM HERE. 😭
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An ICE watch zine (Chicago edition) being handed out today.
September 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An ICE watch zine (Chicago edition) being handed out today.
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A war against Chicago? An absolute disgrace from a traitor to America.
September 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A war against Chicago? An absolute disgrace from a traitor to America.
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People need to understand just how openly genocidal the rhetoric on the far right is getting towards transgender people. They're openly talking about eradicating us and forcefully mass institutionalizing all trans people.
These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.
These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.
August 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
People need to understand just how openly genocidal the rhetoric on the far right is getting towards transgender people. They're openly talking about eradicating us and forcefully mass institutionalizing all trans people.
These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.
These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.
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Hey folks, @litonfirepia.bsky.social is a queer-owned bookstore that could use some love today. If y’all are looking to get any new books today, I’d appreciate it if you’d go through them on Bookshop. Thank you!!
#queerwriters
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#queerwriters
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August 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Hey folks, @litonfirepia.bsky.social is a queer-owned bookstore that could use some love today. If y’all are looking to get any new books today, I’d appreciate it if you’d go through them on Bookshop. Thank you!!
#queerwriters
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#queerwriters
bookshop.org/shop/litonfire
Dang, if the #Peoria #CentralIllinois area doesn’t freaking love itself a bunch of weird Christian owned coffee shops? Sometimes I hate it here. They seem to be almost as popular as fake abortion clinics. 🫠
August 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dang, if the #Peoria #CentralIllinois area doesn’t freaking love itself a bunch of weird Christian owned coffee shops? Sometimes I hate it here. They seem to be almost as popular as fake abortion clinics. 🫠
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You're doing the Lord's work, sir!
Thanks so much.
Not all heroes wear capes.
(I mean it's my own fault for not pre-ordering it but the shot in the dark that @litonfirepia.bsky.social even had copies is all due to you sir.)
Thanks so much.
Not all heroes wear capes.
(I mean it's my own fault for not pre-ordering it but the shot in the dark that @litonfirepia.bsky.social even had copies is all due to you sir.)
August 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
You're doing the Lord's work, sir!
Thanks so much.
Not all heroes wear capes.
(I mean it's my own fault for not pre-ordering it but the shot in the dark that @litonfirepia.bsky.social even had copies is all due to you sir.)
Thanks so much.
Not all heroes wear capes.
(I mean it's my own fault for not pre-ordering it but the shot in the dark that @litonfirepia.bsky.social even had copies is all due to you sir.)
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Special thanks to @litonfirepia.bsky.social Jessica for always making sure to grab the plethora of books i ask her to order because @scaresshapedus.bsky.social keeps my pull list growing! Shop local and support independent bookstores!
August 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Special thanks to @litonfirepia.bsky.social Jessica for always making sure to grab the plethora of books i ask her to order because @scaresshapedus.bsky.social keeps my pull list growing! Shop local and support independent bookstores!
Dear friend, my heart aches for the days I could curate a weekly selection to anticipate our community’s needs. The act of pre/special ordering will save me in the end. For anyone wondering— received grant, grew big, got cancer, almost lost it all, & have returned to community curation to save us.
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Dear friend, my heart aches for the days I could curate a weekly selection to anticipate our community’s needs. The act of pre/special ordering will save me in the end. For anyone wondering— received grant, grew big, got cancer, almost lost it all, & have returned to community curation to save us.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but calling a locally owned vintage clothing/ record store, as well as a clean af new & used bookstore “junk stores” to the literal face of proprietors is actually not the vibe of the future. You ma’am, are going extinct. Good riddance to bad rubbish. #RotInHell
August 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but calling a locally owned vintage clothing/ record store, as well as a clean af new & used bookstore “junk stores” to the literal face of proprietors is actually not the vibe of the future. You ma’am, are going extinct. Good riddance to bad rubbish. #RotInHell
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Reminder to my friends I will be at @litonfirepia.bsky.social this Saturday running a tarot table! Please stop by 🩷
August 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reminder to my friends I will be at @litonfirepia.bsky.social this Saturday running a tarot table! Please stop by 🩷
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Out: overstating harm, blaming others for our behavior when triggered, cancelling each other, being unforgiving to well meaning folks.
In: community building, mutual aid, liberation for ALL of our neighbors, loving what’s right and leaving what’s not, BLOCKING your stalkers, etc.
In: community building, mutual aid, liberation for ALL of our neighbors, loving what’s right and leaving what’s not, BLOCKING your stalkers, etc.
July 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Out: overstating harm, blaming others for our behavior when triggered, cancelling each other, being unforgiving to well meaning folks.
In: community building, mutual aid, liberation for ALL of our neighbors, loving what’s right and leaving what’s not, BLOCKING your stalkers, etc.
In: community building, mutual aid, liberation for ALL of our neighbors, loving what’s right and leaving what’s not, BLOCKING your stalkers, etc.
Welcome, new followers. I am so glad you’re here! I’m Jess She/ They, Owner Operator extraordinaire, Disabled baddie trying to keep the ship afloat on choppy waters, and Queer all the way down to the marrow. You can find all the things here. Your support helps us help community. We love hard here. 💕
Lit. on Fire Books | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree
Reducing Environmental Impact
Reconnecting the Community
Reviving Bohemia
linktr.ee
July 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Welcome, new followers. I am so glad you’re here! I’m Jess She/ They, Owner Operator extraordinaire, Disabled baddie trying to keep the ship afloat on choppy waters, and Queer all the way down to the marrow. You can find all the things here. Your support helps us help community. We love hard here. 💕
Has anyone written the “Goodnight Boomer” parody of Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown yet?!?
If not, you’re welcome. 🤣
#BookSky #ClassicBooks #GoodnightMoon #GoodnightBoomer
If not, you’re welcome. 🤣
#BookSky #ClassicBooks #GoodnightMoon #GoodnightBoomer
June 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Has anyone written the “Goodnight Boomer” parody of Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown yet?!?
If not, you’re welcome. 🤣
#BookSky #ClassicBooks #GoodnightMoon #GoodnightBoomer
If not, you’re welcome. 🤣
#BookSky #ClassicBooks #GoodnightMoon #GoodnightBoomer
It was an absolute honor to be in conversation today with these legends.✨
Today's @21st.show revolved around LGBTQ-centric spaces in downstate Illinois, especially in these times.
We talked about it with Jan Lancaster of Bloomington's Bistro, Jessica Stephenson of @litonfirepia.bsky.social, and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm of Urbana's Good Judys Espresso and Bagel Bar.
We talked about it with Jan Lancaster of Bloomington's Bistro, Jessica Stephenson of @litonfirepia.bsky.social, and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm of Urbana's Good Judys Espresso and Bagel Bar.
The significance of LGBTQ spaces in a challenging political climate
YouTube video by Illinois Public Media
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June 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It was an absolute honor to be in conversation today with these legends.✨
This month is so obnoxiously long, but Bookstore Hangs will be Fri, 6/6 (🌈🤘) 5-9 pm. I bring the pizza, you bring the drinks/snacks, & we spend time getting to know each other & building supports for each other through the darkness. You in?
#CommunityBuilding #Peoria #Illinois #PizzaParty #Booksky
#CommunityBuilding #Peoria #Illinois #PizzaParty #Booksky
May 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This month is so obnoxiously long, but Bookstore Hangs will be Fri, 6/6 (🌈🤘) 5-9 pm. I bring the pizza, you bring the drinks/snacks, & we spend time getting to know each other & building supports for each other through the darkness. You in?
#CommunityBuilding #Peoria #Illinois #PizzaParty #Booksky
#CommunityBuilding #Peoria #Illinois #PizzaParty #Booksky
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Yooooooo
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
May 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yooooooo
If you haven’t read and then watched the Queenie book/ tv series from Candice Carty-Williams, you are not living your literary dreams. We all heal consuming stories around generational trauma and overcoming. Stories like this rock my soul as a dv survivor. #DV #Queenie #GenerationalTrauma
May 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
If you haven’t read and then watched the Queenie book/ tv series from Candice Carty-Williams, you are not living your literary dreams. We all heal consuming stories around generational trauma and overcoming. Stories like this rock my soul as a dv survivor. #DV #Queenie #GenerationalTrauma
Hi there. I’m a person inside of a bookstore meat suit failing at social media because the world keeps walking through my doors.
May 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hi there. I’m a person inside of a bookstore meat suit failing at social media because the world keeps walking through my doors.