{"product_id":"this-has-always-been-a-war-by-lori-fox-9781551528779","title":"This Has Always Been A War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCapitalism has infiltrated every aspect of our personal, social, economic, and sexual lives. By examining the politics of gender, environment, and sexuality, we can see the ways straight, cis, white, and especially male upper-class people control and subvert the other—queer, non-binary, BIPOC, and female bodies—in order to keep the working lower classes divided. Patriarchy and classism are forms of systemic violence which ensure that the main commodity of capitalism—a large, disposable, cheap, and ideally subjugated workforce—is readily available. There is a lot wrong with the ways we live, work, and treat each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn essays that are both accessible and inspiring, Lori Fox examines their confrontations with the capitalist patriarchy through their experiences as a queer, non-binary, working-class farmhand, labourer, bartender, bush-worker, and road dog, exploring the ugly places where issues of gender, sexuality, class, and the environment intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn applying the micro to the macro, demonstrating how the personal is political and vice versa, Fox exposes the flaws in believing that this is the only way our society can or should work. Brash, topical, and passionate, \u003ci\u003eThis Has Always Been a War\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a collection of essays but a series of dispatches from the combative front lines of our present-day culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846738301164,"sku":"9781551528779","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11023193482740.jpg?v=1758921343","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/this-has-always-been-a-war-by-lori-fox-9781551528779","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}