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In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a place in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where, for more than 40 years, Selma Miriam and Noel Furie Bloodroot have maintained the Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant and Bookstore as a place where women from all over the world can gather, share ideas, and share meals. Learn more about Bloodroot and the Feminist Restaurant Project.

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