Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Emergent Strategy, 1)

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How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can
we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for
anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor adrienne maree brown
finds the answer in something she calls “pleasure activism,” a politics of
healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is
just another form of work. Drawing on the black feminist tradition, she
challenges us to rethink the ground rules of activism. Her mindset-altering
essays are interwoven with conversations and insights from other feminist
thinkers, including Audre Lorde, Joan Morgan, Cara Page, Sonya Renee Taylor,
and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Together they cover a wide array of subjects—from
sex work to climate change, from race and gender to sex and drugs—building new
narratives about how politics can feel good and how what feels good always has
a complex politics of its own.Building on the success of her popular Emergent
Strategy, brown launches a new series of the same name with this volume,
bringing readers books that explore experimental, expansive, and innovative
ways to meet the challenges that face our world today. Books that find the
opportunity in every crisis!adrienne maree brown, author of Emergent Strategy
and co-editor of Octavia’s Brood, is a social justice facilitator focused on
black liberation, a doula/healer, and a pleasure activist. She lives in
Detroit.PRAISE for Pleasure Activism:“[brown] demonstrates how we can tap into
our emotional and erotic desires to organize against oppression.”
—Colorlines“adrienne maree brown…continues to stake her claim as one of our
most critical thinkers and strategists by intentionally combining the power of
story-telling with practical applications to help readers conjure their own
definition of pleasure and how it is inextricably linked to every part of our
existence.” —Monica Simpson, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice
Collective”adrienne marie brown is back, again dropping wisdom about
alternative ways to live at this deeply fucked-up moment … Let this book be
the best Valentine’s Day gift you’ve ever given yourself.”
—Vice/Broadly“adrienne maree brown dives deep, head first, into a fast
swirling pool of pleasure-related topics. She swims her way from one end of
the pool to the other with some help from her body-wise, experienced, friends.
This book is all at once so cool, and so hot, with a rainbow of glorious
compleXXXities. Pleasure Activism is bound to make a huge splash!” —Annie
Sprinkle, author of Explorer’s Guide to Planet Orgasm—For Every Body“Engaging
with politics and social justice issues, whether it’s climate change, race, or
gender, can feel like work (and it is). Adrienne maree brown makes the case
that you can feel good while doing so … [Pleasure Activism] will challenge
you to rethink your approach to changing the world.” —Mashable”Pleasure
Activism is an invitation to know ourselves and be in conversation with the
desire of our lustful imaginations… [I]t makes our personal liberation
irresistible.” —Jasmine Burnett, activist and anti-oppression
consultant”adrienne maree brown elucidates a philosophy of Pleasure Activism
to transform individuals and so the world. Her explicit instructions encourage
orgasms of the body, mind and spirit. First, in support of our own authentic
lives, then so that we can live in loving community with others. It’s like a
wise and juicy black goddess reopened Eden and said, ‘Okay, everybody, let’s
try this again.'” —Veronica Vera, author & founder of Miss Vera’s Finishing
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ AK Press; Later Printing edition (March 19, 2019)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849353263
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 67
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.1 x 7.8 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #38,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #36 in Feminist Theory (Books) #58 in Sex & Sexuality #81 in African American Demographic Studies (Books)
• #36 in Feminist Theory (Books)
• #58 in Sex & Sexuality