Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Business_Gift_Guide always on the edge of

always on the edge of self-destruction

the triumph was dulled by the pain of addiction and loss

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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Business_Gift_Guide always on the edge ofHow 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