Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

This paperback proves social justice can be a resounding, erotic yes rather than a deadening no. Adrienne maree brown presents pleasure activism as a politics of healing and happiness—a framework for awakening desires that refuse to settle for less.

Drawing on the Black feminist tradition, the book challenges the ground rules of activism. Its mindset-altering essays are interwoven with conversations and insights from Audre Lorde, Joan Morgan, Cara Page, Sonya Renee Taylor, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs.

Covering topics from sex work to climate change, and from race and gender to sex and drugs, it builds new narratives about how politics can feel good and how what feels good carries a complex politics of its own. Building on the success of her Emergent Strategy, brown launches a new series of the same name with this volume, bringing readers books that explore experimental, expansive, and innovative ways to meet today’s challenges.

• Format: Paperback; 280 pages
• Author: adrienne maree brown
• Key themes: pleasure activism, politics of feeling good, healing, happiness
• Topics covered: sex work, climate change, race and gender, sex and drugs

Ideal for readers seeking a bold connection between social change and personal pleasure, presented in a thoughtful, provocative voice.