Rachel Rawlings“I remember yelling at people: ‘If you have $300 to spend on a luxury sex toy, you have $300 to put towards people’s rent or their groceries or their medical bills,’” Lehman adds.
The prodding worked. The Smitten Kitten became a major hub for donations towards groceries and essential household items for immigrants holed up at home during the crackdown.
[note: The Smitten Kitten also provided the dildos that were thrown at the Minneapolis federal building back in February. https://www.commondreams.org/news/operation-dildo-blitz]