She refuses to settle for less and presents a montage of voices that show us how to do just that. Pleasure for brown is a guiding principle and a fundamental right. Her work moves and entices, leading readers to unlearn internalized oppression and practice community. She presents these pursuits not just as forms of resistance, but also as ways of living that provide avenues for liberation and self-expression. Her guiding question is, “Could we make justice and liberation the most pleasurable collective experiences we could have?” brown mostly draws from Black women’s accounts of their pursuit of pleasure amidst oppression, but also includes some voices that identify differently. One witnesses artists, scholars, and activists embodying a politics of feeling good. In Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, adrienne maree brown curates a tapestry of essays, interviews, profiles, poems, images, and blog posts that orient readers to radical self-love and pleasure. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
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