Although their stores are in Seattle, Los Angeles, and NYC, Babes in Toyland is also a local business: their warehouse is right downtown. It is similar in all the great, queer and women-friendly ways, and treats people right. I ried for a job there and they GAVE me a bunch of toys, including a Hitachi Magic Wand, to try and write catalog copy about. I didn't get the job because they promoted a woman of color into it, which is awesome and the opposite of what I've heard people experience at their competitor. I'll supoort Babeland any day!
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