{"product_id":"the-lesbian-avenger-handbook-a-handy-guide-to-homemade-revolution-paperback","title":"The Lesbian Avenger Handbook: A Handy Guide to Homemade Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelly J. Cogswell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSarah M. Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAna M. Simo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Launched in New York City, in 1992, the Lesbian Avengers rejected the picket line and ordinary demo for media-savvy, nonviolent direct action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They were superheroes arriving \"to make the world safe for baby dykes everywhere;\" warriors with capes and shields doing a line dance; dykes \"Lusting for Power,\" pushing a giant bed float down Sixth Avenue in New York (with lesbians on it); nationally-ambitious Avengers eating fire in front of a hostile White House; lovers reuniting a statue of Alice B. Toklas with Gertrude Stein, then waltzing in the snow in Bryant Park. And homos who shamelessly chanted, \"Ten percent is not enough, recruit, recruit, recruit.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It only took a few years for the Lesbian Avengers to grow into a global movement with sixty autonomous chapters worldwide all working for the visibility and survival of lesbians, and all sharing an irreverent direct action aesthetic, eagerly dipping into agitprop and advertising and theater, in ways that still feel ground-breaking today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Key to their success-the tools they developed to help lesbians understand and reproduce the Avenger action. One was the 1993 documentary video, \u003cem\u003eLesbian Avengers Eat Fire Too, \u003c\/em\u003e which offered the why, the who, and the what, featuring interviews with Avengers, and sharing actions from their first year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Another was this book, \u003cem\u003eThe Lesbian Avenger Handbook: A Handy Guide to Homemade Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, which offers step-by-step instructions for everything from how to hold a meeting to how to envision an action and wrangle the press-expertise gleaned from Avengers working in journalism, advertising, art, and theater, as well as long-time activists who honed their skills protesting the Viet Nam war, the abuse of farmworkers, forced sterilization of women of color, and bans on abortion, and who'd already, in some cases, led civil disobedience in ACT-UP. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Lesbian Avenger Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e offers the bulk of this extraordinary resource unchanged, though it acknowledged advances in technology for activists still using it today. Important bonus material has also been included, including tips for demonstrating when civil rights are being trampled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also featured, An Incomplete History of LACROP (the Lesbian Avenger Civil Rights Organizing Project), and excerpts from their Out Against the Right: An Organizing Handbook, important historical documents offering hard-won insights about dyke organizing and the importance of building community for long-term social change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With dozens of new pages of Avenger newsletters, \u003cem\u003eCommuniqués from the Frontlines\u003c\/em\u003e, and the inclusion of the Dyke Manifesto, the Handbook also serves as a Lesbian Avenger history told in their own words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The 1993 edition of the Handbook was written by the novelist and essayist Sarah Schulman, and edited by Ana Simo, playwright and novelist, both among the co-founders of the group. The current edition is introduced and edited by journalist and founding member Kelly Cogswell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978564698413,"sku":"9781736155806","price":11.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bUM1dnJxNGhBbDdTT3ZkWEovK2ZHdz09.webp?v=1775805844","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-lesbian-avenger-handbook-a-handy-guide-to-homemade-revolution-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}