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Do The Work

A guide to understanding power and creating change.
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Confront your biases to change the world! Do The Work is a sharp workbook by educator Professor Roxane Gay and writer Megan Pillow, who discuss those with power and those without. Power is complex. But Do The Work makes sense of it, clearing up complicated social... Read More
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Do The Work

Changing the world starts with you! Challenge your own biases with this super-sharp workbook. Written by educator and NYT best-selling Bad Feminist author Dr. Roxane Gay, and Megan Pillow.

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Confront your biases to change the world! Do The Work is a sharp workbook by educator Professor Roxane Gay and writer Megan Pillow, who discuss those with power and those without.

Power is complex. But Do The Work makes sense of it, clearing up complicated social issues. From racism, to sexism, to ableism, no prejudice is left out. Open your eyes wide to inequalities. Help others and make the world a better place!

To make changes, we need to know what to change. This starts with our own attitudes, actions and intentions. We need someone to ask us the difficult questions.

Do The Work asks:

  • Why do we accept power imbalances?
  • Who has the least and the most power?
  • What power do we have in society?
  • What were we taught growing up?
  • How can we right our wrongs and create a fairer world?

Keep up with the zeitgeist! Get a crisp overview of top social concepts, as Do the Work explains:

  • Laura Mulvey's theory of the male gaze
  • Lennard J. Davis's idea of "the norm"
  • Kimberle Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality
  • Sara Ahmed's idea about positions of consciousness

With these guiding influences, be encouraged to Do The Work. And it all starts with working on your understanding of power. It's the first step towards a more fulfilling life and a better world for everyone. By the end, you'll know how power is distributed. And you'll be better at using your voice to help others.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711268968

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Leaping Hare Press

Illustration: 25 illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Aurelia Durand

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Roxane Gay is an American writer, editor, professor and activist. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a collection of pioneering essays and memoir, Hunger. In April 2018, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts. She is a leading contributor to The Guardian and The New York Times and has been featured on This American Life and NPR. She has also worked in academia, teaching at Purdue and Yale. She is currently at work on film and television projects, and has launched her own radical book publishing imprint.
Born in Nebraska to Haitian parents who moved to the US when they were 19 years old, Gay's work deals with the analysis and deconstruction of feminist and racial issues through the lens of her personal experiences with race, gender identity, and sexuality. Her widely acclaimed writing has won multiple awards, and her voice continues to be one of the most important in contemporary conversations on race and gender.


Megan Pillow is project manager for Roxane Gay and co-editor of The Audacity, an innovative, integrity-driven newsletter inclusive of diverse voices. She holds an MFA and a PhD. Her work has appeared, among other places, in Electric Literature, Guernica, Triquarterly, and Gay Magazine and was featured in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022.

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