Phaedra C. Pezzullo

Addressing plastics can feel overwhelming. Guilt, shame, anger, hurt, fear, dismissiveness, and despair abound. Beyond Straw Men moves beyond "hot take" or straw man fallacies by illustrating how affective counterpublics, mobilised around plastics, reveal broader stories about environmental justice and social change today. With attention to both on- and offline organising in the Global South and the Global South of...