Tomorrow: Democracy Today Book Event with adrienne maree brown
Democracy Today Book Event with adrienne maree brown
May 02, 2024 | 5:00 PM | LA 4310
Join us on May 2nd at 5:00 p.m. to hear adrienne maree brown discuss her New York Times bestselling book “Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good.”
This is a virtual event and is part of the dean’s Democracy Today initiative. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to join us in LA 4310 to view on the big screen with a reception to follow. Registration is required for the reception.
Join via Zoom: https://towson-edu.zoom.us/j/96747412415?pwd=bFVyZUhvN0REVkt6eG9mcTJISERRZz09
Register to attend in person: https://towson.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wcvcBAj6UXmWDc
A synopsis of “Pleasure Activism” from AK Press:
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.
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This post was written by Peoples, Sharita D.