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How to Survive a Plague

2012

The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

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Picturing Resistance: Moments and Movements of Social Change from the 1950s to Today

A powerful commemoration of notable moments of protest, Picturing Resistance highlights the important American social justice movements of the last seven decades.

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Melanie Light, Ken Light
2020
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Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914–1965

The first major study to consider Black women’s activism in rural Arkansas, Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps foregrounds activists’ quest to improve Black communities through language and foodways as well as politics and community organizing.

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Cherisse Jones-Branch
2021
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#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice

How marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent.

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Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, Brooke Foucault Welles
2024
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Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality

Asian American Sexual Politics explores the topics of beauty, self-esteem, and sexual attraction among Asian Americans.

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Rosalind S. Chou
2015
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Latinx Actor Vico Ortiz Talks Coming Out Non-Binary, Breaking Down Gendered Barriers

“In Latin America, there’s been a great deal of progress around gay and lesbian identities,” Ortiz says. “But with being transgender and non-binary, a lot of people are still unsure what it all means and I believe it’s connected to the words we use.”

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Lamar Dawson
2021
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Today’s Queer Latinx Representation on TV Is Everything I Needed Growing Up

In the late ’90s, television was my greatest source of comfort—the place were I went to to find versions of myself reflected back at me. The only queer woman I ever saw on screen, however, was Ellen Degeneres.

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Priscilla Blossom
2019
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Women, Race & Class

A powerful study of the women's liberation movement in the U.S., from abolitionist days to the present, that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. From the widely revered and legendary political activist and scholar Angela Davis.

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Angela Y. Davis
1983
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