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PLEASURE ACTIVISM |THE POLITICS OF FEELING GOOD
PLEASURE ACTIVISM |THE POLITICS OF FEELING GOOD

PLEASURE ACTIVISM |THE POLITICS OF FEELING GOOD

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In her first New York Times bestseller, adrienne maree brown gathers essays and interviews that continue her deep study of Audre Lorde’s luminous text The Uses of the Erotic-exploring pleasure as a source of power, healing, and collective change. Drawing on feminist, and specifically Black feminist theory, this book asks what activism can learn from sex, intimacy, and connection, offering practical guidance for navigating desire, relationships, and embodied joy. A radical invitation to feel good as a way of doing good, and to change the world, one pleasure-filled moment at a time.

ABOUT THE BOOK
In her first New York Times bestseller, adrienne maree brown builds on Audre Lorde’s The Uses of the Erotic, exploring pleasure as power through feminist and specifically Black feminist thought. Blending essays, interviews, and practical reflections on sex and connection, this book invites us to feel good as a radical path toward collective change.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
adrienne maree brown (she/they) is a writer, facilitator, and ritual artist cultivating ideas for collective healing and transformation. Drawing from movement work, somatics, and speculative imagination, adrienne is the author of Pleasure Activism and Emergent Strategy, co-creator of the Lineages of Change Tarot Deck, and co-host of the podcast How to Survive the End of the World. Their latest book, Loving Corrections, continues this work with care, clarity, and radical love.

ABOUT MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
Microcosm Publishing & Distribution has been creating tools for self-empowerment since 1996. Known for their carefully curated books, zines, decks, and more, their work centers community, creativity, critical thinking, and lived experience, especially voices shaped by marginalization. Printed in the U.S. and packed with care, Microcosm connects the dots between subjects like mental health, witchcraft, gender, punk culture, self-care, and DIY skills, fostering underground movements and joy along the way.

Microcosm Publishing & Distribution began in 1996 as a DIY distro and record label run out of a closet, and that radical spirit still runs through everything they do. Challenging conventional publishing models at every turn, Microcosm prints in the U.S., handles their own fulfillment, and packs every order by hand in their worker-run spaces in Portland, Oregon and Cleveland, Ohio. All profits are reinvested into publishing bold, life-affirming books and supporting fair worker pay through their worker-ownership program. Rooted in care, community, and ethical production, Microcosm creates tools for self-empowerment while actively building the kind of publishing world they want to see.

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