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Book

How I resist : activism and hope for a new generation

Call Number

  • 361.2 H8472 TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Wednesday Books, [2018]

Physical Description

xiv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • What is resistance
  • Could we please give the police departments to the grandmothers? / Interview / Keep doing what you're doing / Why we all need to be activists right now / Thoughts on resistance / Interview / 5 things teens can do to engage politics before turning 18 / Essay / Interview / The lucky ones / Letter to a sensitive brown queer / The clap back / Interview / When / Part of the problem / Making stuff that matters / I, wonder: imagining a black Wonder Woman / Rosie O' Donnell's five resistance steps / Interview / An announcement from Muffy Higginbottom, President of Delta Sigma Tau Sorority Resistance Committee / Media-consciousness as part of resistance! / Essay / Three easy steps to contact your reps / Essay / Interview / Poem / The Jewish we / Cartoon / Refilling the well / The bigness trap
  • The beginner's guide to books on resistance

Subjects

Added Authors

Maureen Johnson